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Columbus morning journal. (Columbus, Ohio), 1866-02-02

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Ibe ballot in tho land's of (be conspirator itae noro dangerous to the iafety of the Ro-blio than the bayonet . Be apoke of the paeBuge of the proposed amendmeut .declar iiig that neither tbe United Stated nor any Biate of the Union shall erer assume or pay tbe rebel debt, and suggested others aa ne-oeseary to prohibit the States from pensioning rebels, or paying them damages for their sufferings in the rebellion, and an essential amendment to give power to Congress to enforoe the right of the citizens of eooh State to the rights of oitiiens in all the States. This .latter was argued, at length, and yery ably. Mr. Bingham claiming that the constitutional provision at present in force was ineffeotire and inoperative. On the subjeot of amendments generally he spoke as follows: Mr. Speaker, touching this and all other amendments to the Constitution, by giving them dt auoDort. I do not subieat mveelf to V the gratuitous imputation of the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. mabshalij who spoke yesterday, ot a want of reveienoe either for the Constitution or its illustrious founders. I beg leave, at all events, to say, with all possible respect for that gentleman, that I do not reo:gniie the right ol any man ucon this floor, who was a representative of that party which denied the right to defend the Constitution cf his oountry by arms against armed rebellion, to become my accuser. In seeking to amend, not to mar, the Constitution of the United States, w ought to hjve regard to every express or implied JJiUlbu upon our power imposed by that great instrument. When gentlemen object to amending the Constitution, when they talk Bneeringly about tinkering with the Constitution, do not remember that it is one cf the express provisions of that instrument that Congress shall have power to propose amendments to the Legislatures' of tbe several States. Dj gentlemen mean by the logio to which we have listened for the past fire years on- this subjeot of our right to amend, that we are not to add anything to the Constitution and that we are to take nothing fiom it V I prefer to follow, in this supreme hour of the nation's trial, the lead of a wiser and nobler spirit, who by common content was oalled whilst ke lived "the father of his Country," and, new that ho il dead, is still reverenoed as "the Father of his Country," and to be hailed, I trust, by the millions of the future who are to people this land of ours as "the Father of his Country." In his Farewell Address, his last of-floial utterance, Washington used these significant words, whioh I ropeat to-day for the consideration of gentlemen i I'Tha ha.la nf nnr nnlltleal vltamc ta thi rlvht of 1 tha po plo to make aud to alter tbolr constitution! 1 of government. . favor of the amendment as proposed by the Committee. . His argument Is summed up In the speech, and we give the remainder of his speeoh from that point entire: I have endeavored io make the point elear that the issue now before this House is whether tho Constitution shall be so amended as to secure to the free oitiiens of each State equal rights. The point raised upon the proposition reported by the committee is whether the deolared intent of the Constitution of your fathers shall be enforced, or whether it shall be basely eur-randarfd. bv admitting that when all are Vee, a minority of the oitiiens of a Stats r!LJ .!:- ui.. - . .V.. n,.!. Uaj uioiia.uvu.iBo a uirtjviii vi uo wmib eitisens of full age of the United States within suoh State. I deny their right to do so. 1 might go further in this argument, and say, with the late Chanoellor Kent, that whenever the majority of a State inserted the word "white" as a condition of tbe ex eroise of the eicstive iranchise "it deserved Consideration whether suoh exolusion would not be opposod to the Constitution of the United States." 1 believe mat tne tree eitisens of each State were guarantied, and mended to be guarantied by the terms of he Constitution, all not some, "an tne milages of eitisens of the United States in every State. That is the express provision of tbe Constitution. But the question now presented Is a very different one from the oase just auppoeed, of the majority of free eitisens restricting some of the rights of a minority. My friend from California Mr. Higby has informed us that there are one hundred thousand more free colored oitiiens of the United Sta es in the State of Mississippi to-day than there are of white oitiiens; that there are one hundred thousand more free oolored oitiiens of the Uuited Statos in Boutb Carolina than there are of whit oitiiens, and then we are gravely told that we must not press this amendment because we are abandoning the Constitution and the intent of our fathers. That is. a new discovery, one for whioh the Bomocracy ought to take out letters patent, that it was aver intended tnat a minority 01 rree out-lens should disfranchise the majority of free male oitiiens, of full age, in any Stale of the Union I For myself I will never oon-ent to it ' ' Well, then, some gentlemen asks, why not ;o for a constitutional amendment wnion 111 declare, onoe for all, that no State in s Union shall mike any distinction in the light of voting between malt oitiaens of the United States,' resident within its limits and over twenty-one years of age, eave in the case of persons oouvioted of infamous crime after due trial ? I will answer with all my hsart that I am ready to go for that But a majority of those with whom 1 am associated think that this is a that is needed at present, in connection With other propositions to ba submitted by them. 1 am content with that i want tne Amerioan people by adopting suoh amend ments to dcolare their purpose to stand by the foundation prinoiple of their own in stitutions, the absolute equality of all out isna or tbe United Htates politically and civilly before their own laws. That is the issue involved in the amendment presented by the committee. Gentlemen will notice that the first clause of the amendment proposed by the commit tee is in tbe expreea language or tbe con stitution of the Uniled States, except the word "rree." ine word "free" In your Con titullon has, 1 said before, become forever meaningless by your amendment to tbe uonsttuitton .declaring; tnat hereafter aUve cannot be or breathe anywhere within the Bepublio. This joint resolution says: - aeprt tematlT'S and dlrfot texee shall be appor-nl among tbs eevotal fetatea whlcb may Lain iujod wltblo ilila Union according to toelr reepto-ive ftumOeia. counting tbe whoto rumberof ner one m aaonniaie, oscluttiDg inaiaua not taxea.". This is the exact language of the Consti tution. Indians not taxed are excluded, for the reasons suggested bv the venerablo chairman of. the oommitte Mr. Stevens mo oioer uay, mat tney are '.riDat, ar not part of the body politie of the Uniled atatos until tbey are subieot to taxation. it la obteoted to this resolution, among ether things, that you retain the provision or tne Uon.ulutton for tbe apportionment or oireot taxation. 1 ant tne attention of tbe Uouso for a moment to the importance of that provision. I know that in tbe practico of the Government it has baen found en- irely :useless in time of peaoe. In the present oentury thor have been but three occasions when that grant of power in the Constitution has been exercised, and those inree oooasions were in time of war. ..Tho Effect of the amendment of mv hou- orable.oolleague Mr. Sohenck is to strike out the third clause of the Second section artlole ono of the Constitution.' which deotares tnit dtreot taxation snail be ap portioned among the several Slates accord ing to the ratio of representation ; but his amendment leaves and does not strike out the Constitution the provisions of the eighth and ninth sections of artiole one, tbe hrst of whioh is that the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, fro.; nd tne second is that "no oapttation other direot taxation shall bo laid, unless proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore direoted to be taken." How then will the Constituon stand ? Wbv, air. it seems to mo that this faot is a fatal ob- jeoiioa to tbe proposed amendment of my oolleagud, Mr. Soheuck.J If you are to dispose or tne apportionment olause in the first artiele of the Constitution as to the pportionmeut of direct taxts amontr the States, you muet go further and limit the power of Congress to tax as provided in the eichth section. 1'ake away the rower, as my clleagae proposes, to apportion direot taxes, among the Statef, and leave the power as ;my colleague proposes to impose a Jir-yi oapitution tax, and you introduce :40 your Constitution an express power to make unequal and unjust laws, whioh was abhorred by the makurs of your Cou-etitutloo, and against whioh they intended to provide a perpetual safeguard in the olauie for apportionment of all direct taxes ambng the States. The effoot of my colleague's substitute, if it be adopted, will be this: the apportionment clause of the Constitution aa to direot taxes1 will bo strioken out; the granting otauBS of the eighth and ninth sections, to lay direct taxe, even a capitalisation tax, will bo retained. What will follow? Tbe express pjwer to enaot unequal tax laws, such as are sometimes et-aoied sotxss Lho tvaters uudi-r tbe irou rulu ol Eg!aui, the imposition of taxes, so as directly to nvike tbe rich rioher and the poor poorer. Let me explain. You lay a direct tax of one dollar, or five dollars, if you please, per bead upon every citizen of the United States, and ycu strike out the apportionment clause. Tho result is the poor man in his hovel, surrounded by his ragged children, bis only earthly treasure, is compelled to pay, aooording to tbatasnesement, for every member of his household: white ihe single. childlrss man, with his $100,01)0 of annual inoome, pays not a dollar b-yond the as sessment on his own head. Under the provisions of the third olauso of the second ssniion of article one, which my oolltngue would strike out, that cannot be. Why? Beoause a capitalisation tax is a direot tax, and beoause the third elause, which my col league proposes to strike our, requires that every direct tax shall be apportioned, not among the people,- but among the States of the Union. The moment you bo apportion it, it beoom'es a tax upon property, not upon persons. I tbink, Mr. Speaker, that if noth ing else were said upjn the subieot, this objeotton to the proposed substitutute of my oolieague would of itself be fatal. W ith my present view or tus matter, therefore, 1 oan-not vote for that amendment. Mr. SCHENCK. Will my oolUaguo yie'.d to me one moment, that I may ask him a question ? Mr. JJlINUiiAM es, sir. Mr. SCUENCK. So I understand my oolleaguoSito insist that in the ninth Beo-tion ot the first artiole there is no provision for any direot tax except a capitation tax? Mr. BINQUAM. No, sir, 1 do not take that position. Mr. BUUr.ur.. nt language or that section is: "No capitation or other direct las khf.ll ba luld, anleee In pr, portion to the coatue or enumeration burelullOiortMllreled to be token. Mr. UIjNUMAM. 1 do not take tbat ground, nor did 1 intimate any suoh posi lion; but I insist that the terms of the ninth section of ihe first article of tho Constitu tion affirm beyond all ouesnon that every eapitation tax is a direot tax; aud I will say farther that the third clause of section second of the first arliolo of tbe Constitu tion, which my ooleague by his substitute proposes to strike out, requires and enjoins that every eapitation as well as every other direot tax shall be apportioned among tbe States, and that the moment it is ap portioned It oeaBos to be a tax upon tbe person and beoomes a tax upon property. I insist further that, if you strike out the third clause and lay your capitatiou tux, aud assess it without apportionment, not upon property, but upon tbe person, you thereby adopt a mode of asaosement, whioh the fathers or tbe uonstltuuon wisely forbade, and whioh I trust the people of the United Stales will forever prohibit. Now, Mr. Speaker, what more is there of this proposed amendment reported by the joint committee? I have stated that it stands in tbe very woras oi tne uonstitution, omitting tbe word "free." What objeotion, then, , can there be on that side of the House to enacting it? "Oh! the proviso," say the gentlemen " the proviss which declares that whenever the eleotive franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of raoe or oolor, all persons of suoh race or oolor shall be excluded from the basis of representation." I beg my friend from California, Mr. Higby, and my honorable oolieague, Mr. Sheilabarger, to consider that a grunt of power by implication cannot be raised by a law which only imposes a penalty, and nothing but a penalty, for Ihe non-performance of a duty or the violation of a rignt. Within tue last hundred years, In no oountry where the common law obtains, I venture to Bay, has any imnlication of a grant of power ever boen held to bo raised by suoh a law, and ttipa- aiallv an implied power, to do an aot ex pressly prohibited by the same law. The guarantee of your Constitution, that tbe people shall eleot their Representatives in the several States, oannot be set aside or impaired by inserting in your Constitution as a penalty for disregarding it the provision that the majority ol a State that denies the equal rights of the minority shall sutler a loss orpoiiiicai power. I have endeavored to show that tho words of the Constitution, the people of "the State shall ohooBe their Representatives," is an express guarantee that a majority of the free male oitiiens of the United States in every State of this Union, being of full age, shall have the political power subject to the equal right of suffrage In the minority of free male eitiiens of full age. There is a further guarantee In the Constitution, of a rspublican form of government to every Btate, whioh I take to mean that the majority of the free male oitiieni in every State shall have the political power. I sub mit to my friend that this proviso is noth ing bat a penalty for a violation on the part of the people or any state of the political right of franchise guarantied by tne Con stitution to their free male fellow-oitisens of fall age. Mr. KniBY. Will the gentleman yield to me I Mr. BINGHAM. Most oheerfully. Mr. BIGBT. I ask whether nnder the amendment we propose to adopt as a part of tbe Constitution of the United States, State could not, by virtue of the proviso whioh it contains, have a right to disfran chise any olaas of oitiiens on aooount of raoe or oelor.r Mr. BINGHAM. I am sorry Ihe gentle man did not notice What I said before he rose, fori think if he had he would not have made the inquiry. I say that the proviso Is a penalty, and nothing but a penalty, in flicted on the State if lis ruling glass dis regard and violate the guarantees or tne Constitution of the politioal right of all the free peop'e therein, being male oitiiens of the United states or roll age, to participate in the ohoice of electors, by imposing on any part oi one oiass speoiai disabilities not im posed on the other elass. the guarantee iu the first article of the aeeond seotion of the Constitution rightly interpreted is, as 1 olaim, this, that tbe uta- ority or tne male eitiiens or tne united States of full age in each Stat shall forever exeroise the politioal power of the State with thi limitation, tbat they shall never by casta legislation impose disabilities upon one elass of free male eitisens to the denial or abridgment of equal rights. Tho further provision is that the United States shall guaranty to eaon State a republican form f government whioh means tbat a majori ty of male oitiiens of full age in each State hall govern, not however, in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of the rigbts of the misortty. air. isitUM ,YfcL,L,. i ask the gentleman to let me aBk mm a question. Mr. jUINUUAM. .Certainly, althoup-h it destroys the order of my remarks. Mr. tiKUMWELL. I ask the gentleman wnetner tne pending amendment reported from the oommiltee does not by forcible im plication, if sanctioned by three-fourths ol tbe State Legislatures, admit (hat a majori ty mny utsiranonies a minority; Mi- uiMuiiAM. as 1 have before stated. and I beg the gentleman's pardon for ask- ng nis attention to tne taot tbat there has not been suoh a ooustruotion, in my opinion. of a law which imposes only a penalty, for centuries, if ever, in any oountry where the oommon law obtains. Xhe coostruotion in sisted upon by the gentleman amounts to tbts, that a law whioh indicts a penalty or works a iorietture lor doing an act, by implication authorises the aot to be done for doing whioh the penalty is inflioted. Tbere oannot be suoh a construction of the provi- . it is a penalty, it says in terms that any of the States of the United States hall disobey the Constitution: that if thev shall make distinctions in violation of the second section of the first artiole of the Constitution, that as a penalty suoh State shall lose political power In this House, to tbe extent ot tbe wnole olass or race against any part of whom the unjust discrimination has been made. If, therefore, the State of South Carolina by a violation of the Constitution shall say nat wntte oiiissns only snail vote, thereby -xoluding the majo'ity of the free male oitiiens of the State becauso they are ool ored, the proviso is, that then South C.ro-liua, instead of bavina; six Representatives uj.on this floor as she otherwise would have, shall only have two. Is that not ust, if the one-third of the people of that ate aieiranonise two-thirds of tbe free people of that State ? It is aooording to he spirit of the Constitution 7 Is it n?t just as cotnparoi with the gallant State of Vormout, a State always faithful to tbe Constitution, with three hundred and twen ty thousand white population, whioh eends three Representatives? South Carolina, ooruiuir to tbe argument of gentlemen. may violate the Constitution, may violate every prinoiple of ropublioan government, may by tne aot or a minority ueny all politioal rights to the majority, and yet for ne so tho gentlemen who oppose this amendment say phe shall be entitled to six representatives for her two hundred and ?igbty thousand returned rebel white eitisens, and thereby count two to one over Vermont with twenty thousand more white population than South Carolina. To prevent so gross an injustioe we propose the penally that no State, by a denial of right to the majority en acoount of raoe or oolor shall be allowed to represent such disfranchised majority of tree male oitiiens. We say if a State does this thing suoh Slate shall be reduoed in political power on this door, but shall not be relieved from the payment of taxes on the whole number of tree population. Yon place upon your statute-book a law punishing the orime of murder with death. iou do not tnereDy, ny implication, say that anybody may, of right commit murder. ' You but pass a penal law. Yea do not prohibit murder in the Constitution; you guaranty life in the Constitution. You lo not prohibit the abuse of power by the majority in the Constitution in express terms, but you guaranty the equal right of ail free male oitiiens or run age to eleot eprssentatives; and by the proviso you niot a penalty upon a state wnion denies or abridges that right on aocount of raoe or color. In doing that we are not to be told, that we oonfer a power to override the express guarantees of the Constitution. We propose tbe penalty in am ot tne guaran- e, not in avoidance oi it. But, sir, if implied powerr are to be in ferred from the mere penalty proposed, then the objoction on that ground applies with audi force to tne substitute ottered by my oollcagua, Mr. Scbikck. What is implied beref 1 say, Dy my argument, no suon implication can be made. But I do Bay, as a ljgioai sequenoe it results, if piwers are to be implied beoause you impose as a penalty the forfeiture of politioal powers on a State that denies or abridges the rights of any portion of the people guarantied by the Constirulion, that the argument urged upon that ground against this proviso operates ilh equal furoe against tbe substitute of fered by my colleague. What is that? This the provision proposed Dy my colleague, Mr. Bchesok: RrprceeotatlToe ehall ba apportioned among the ewal etahe whlcb nay ha inoluded witbia tbe al'in ace .raing to tne nn nur oi ante ouise. e rer twenty-one years of age hevlag tbe qoalifica tluni rvquie.te lit .le'lore of the moil numerou braucb of tbe Siato Legielatnro. Is not the effeot of this thi same as tbat the proviso, differing in degree ? It is a penalty. It is the diminution of politioal cower in the State that limits suffrage among the oilisens of the United States. the intent or my ooueague s substitute is e same aa that of the psoviso in tbe reso lution reported by the committee. It is to compel those 8taies, upon the penalty of losing politioal power, to do equal and ex it justice among im irou oiuaoQB ui id nited States in the regulation of the eleo tive franchise. It results that the argument made against the proviso does not apply as well to the proposed substitute oi my oolieague. noes not that substitute imply, according to the argument we have heard, that all oitiiens ol the united states, oeing mate .persons over twenty-one years of age, in a State, miy not be allowed to exeroise tne elective franchise? Did not my colleague Mr. ohenck admit in his argument yesterday that this faot was implied? Undoubt edly. Does the substitute not imply fur ther ir, as contended, a penalty lor aoiug an aot ie an implied powerand authority to do it that the franchise may b conferred ia the States upon aliens ? Most undoubtedly. Well, is not that a vitiation of the Constitution? Was it not intended by the Constitution, as I argued in the beginning, that the politioal power of this country should be exeroised in the several States of the Union enly by oitiiens of the United States, natural born or duly naturalised ? Undoubtedly that is the intent of your Constitution. The ballot is the sovereignty of the nation, and should only be in tbe hands of oitiiens. A few States of the Union, and but a few, have granted alien suffrage. My colleague, I am sure, is not It advocate. But let gentlemen, wnen tney enter upon this mode of argument, raising implied power from a restraining law, consider well whither their logio leads them, I assert again, without fear of contradiction from any man who deliberately examine tne subjeot, that the argnment against the pro viso, that by implication it autnonies an aot to be done whioh it punishes, tbat the argument lies as well against the substitute offered by my colleague. There is in my mind no doubt abont it. It soems to me. sir, that the joint resolu tion of the committee has this toreoommend it in addition to what I have said over the BroDoeed substitute, that itleaves to every State of this Union, according to the original intent and letter of the Constitution, its equal politioal potter in the Union, provid ed tbe several States cbey its requirements. That is precisely what it proposes. What is the result, if yon substitute my oolieague' amendment? You diminish necessarily ihe Dolitical power of the loyal states while you inorease in the same ratio that of the rebel States upon their admission to representation in this House. Now, is it not enough for us to allow them to oome in with equal politioil power upon precisely the same terms with the rest; or are we ready to strip the loyal State or the just politioal power under the Constitution whioh they hold to-day. i believe it endangers tne luture safety of the Republic to inoreass the political power of the eleven States that have been in rebellion against the Government, and diminish the political power of the loyal states, in toy judgment, tnat would be the effeot of my colleagne's sub stitute. How? Why, simply thus. Under the Constitution as it now is aad as it always has teen, the entire immigrant population of this oeuutry is lnoiuded in the basis of representation, every man knows that the great body of the immigrant population of Amertoa always naa been and now is oonfiued to the free loyal States. There is no considerable portion of it found anywhere within the limiis of the eleven rebel States. By substituting the amendment of my oolieague you strike from tbe basis of representation the entire immigrant population not naturalised, and there- tore not yet capable or beooming voters, eitiiens or ihe united states over twenty-one years of age. I aek the House to cou Bider whether that is wire It will be admitted, doubtless, that the' framers of the Constitution inserted this provision to encourage immigration. They did so, not only by this provision of the or- ganio law, which deolared that the whole immigrant population should be numbered with the people and oounted aa part of them, but by the further provision that Congress should have power to pass a uniform naturalisation law, and thereby provide that the alien population, by complying with the torms of tbe statute, should De oiothed with the dignity of eitiiens of the United States and invested with the rights and powers of oitiiens. There is no provision of the Constitution hat is more essential to the future of the Repubho than this. It is as true now as hen the Constitution or the United States was adopted, that the want of the Republio is produotive power. Tbe wise statesmen who fashioned the Constitution, invited to these snores tho toiling millions of the Old World. Tney invited the workers and builders whose honest toil clothes and shel- ers nations. Thoy came Ifrom every oivil- iied nationality, to be numbered among our people, and finally to become one with us as oitiiens of the Republio. But, say gentlemen now, they shall not be numbered among onr people, that we must depart from that policy whioh has hitherto givon the Republio its strength, whioh lias enabled it to aohieve what has bithertobeen seen only in the vision of the deer, a nation born in a day, a nation that ttuhia the memory of living men has peo- d this vast oountry of ours from tbe tstern tia-.e of the Alleghanies to the .;ates of the Faoilio, and oovered the oon-ttneut with free Commonwealths. Mr. Speaker, I trust that the House will deliberate long before they substitute any such untried project for the older, safer way of he fathers of tbe Constitution. One word more about this muoh-abused proviso, it oners an inauoeinent to those dtates lately in rebellion, when they are admitted to their proper positions in Ihe Union, if they would assert Ibeir political power, not only to make ihs franohise ntversal, but It tne necessity exists to hioh my oolieague I Mr. Schenokl referred yesterdiy, to unoar the gates of knowledge and allow all the oitiiens of their Slates the means either of self-culture, or of oulture hrough the benificenee and kindness of others. It is true that this amendment may not B it cannot compel the States to grant Ihe means of mental instruction. This amendment will not aoaompiish all ne desire, but it will be a step taken to ward the attainment of the end. I IruBt that before this Congress shall conclude its session amendmenis will be sent out to tbe people by whioh tbe Congress may upon their ratification bj empowered to provide by law that hereafter no State shall make a orimeror a man, wnetner ne oe disox or white, a oititsn of the Republio, to learn the alphabet of his native tongue and s rights and duties. Mr. Speaker, I have endeavored in the remarks which I have made to the House to show that the proposed amendment in a simple endeavor, by way of penalty, to enforce the existing grants and guarantee of the Constitution of my oountry. I trust that I have succeeded in making the House understand my own views, at least, of this mportant question. 1 tbink tbat no ques tion more important than this has yet oome before the House, and that none moro important oan come before the .House for us consideration, unless it be that great ques tion whether the Constitution shall be so amended as to give to Congress ihe power by statute law lo enforce all its guarantees! 1 l'rny gentlemen to oonsiucr long before thev reieot this proviso. It may not bs the best that the wisest heal in the House can oonceive of, but I ask gentlomen to consider that the rule of statesmanship is to take the best attainable essential good whioh is at our oommand. The reason why I sup- tt tbo proposed amendment 11 that I be lieve it eesentlal and attainable. I do not date to say lhat it could not be improved. do dare to say that it is in aid or the listing grants and guarantees of the Con- titution of my country, tbat it is simply a penalty to be inflicted npon the States for . fd. J:.nnn.J In U a fhn-a SpOClUO U1B1WJJMIW 1" .MlfOO ise and just and humane grants "lo the piop.e ' to elect tneir lopresontauve ana maintain a republican govermsnt in each State. Mr. Speaker, the Republio is great: it is great in its domain, equal in extent to con tinental niurope, aoounuing in tne pruauc tions of every lone, broad enough and fertile enough to furnish bread and homes to three hundred million of freemen. The Republio is great in tbe intelligence, thrift, industry, energy, virtue, and valor of its unoonauered and unoonquerable ohildren: and great in its matchless, wise, and beneficent Constitution. I pray the Congress of e United States to propose to the people all needful amendments to the Constitu tion, that by their sovereign act they may orown the Republio for all time with the gieatness of justice. The Paris correspondent of the New York World save the Emperor is just now ren dered unhappy by the sight of a span of superb black horses driven Dy air. nay oi Boston, which are creating a sensation In Paris. Mr. Way is the envy of all horse-faneior of all degrees when he emerges from the perls achm of the Grand Hotel to display his higbblaods in the Champs Ely-sees and in the Bjis de Boulogne, The Emperor has sent lo know if Mr. Way eonld be induced to part with his horses, and at what prioe; but as yet their owner is unmoved, aod perfers his horse to the hornor of pleasing his Majesty. An English newspaper says that an American paper slates that in the most elegant part of the cemetery at Ringgold, in Georgia, there is the following iasoription on a tombstone : " Saored to the memory of Tennessee Thompson, jun. Ha lived to enliven Ihe happiness of his parent three rears, two months and twenty-three days, when death tore him from tbe mountain's brow. An angel oaught and bore him o'er the sea and plaoed him in God's Whit House to live and play tnrougn an eternity. ' UEGISIjATIVE abstract, BBS ATE. ' TmiBSDAr, Feb. 1, 1866. ' MOaMSQ SESSION. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Richards, Mr. Martin moved a suspension of the order of morning business, for the purpose of taking up me partial appropriation oiu, wnion lies upon the table under a motion ror reconsideration. The motion was objected to bv Mr. Walling, and was lost, by a vote of yeas 20, nays 11 not quite two-thirds. The Journal was read and approved. Mr. Bart presented a petition of L. L. Rinehartand other oitiiens of Coshoolon county, for a law to eulborite the commis sioners of said county to build a bridge over the Tusoarawas rivsr near the town of Orange, in said county. Referred to Mr. uurt. Mr. WallioK presentnd a memorial of nelson rraukuin, asking the appointment or a joint committee to investigate the sale of the State's interest in certain turnpikes. ny tne Auditor ana secretary or state. tteferred to committee on Koads and Highways.Mr. Dean presented the petition or Moseg Garrison, and 266 other oitiiens of Vernon Township, Clinton eounty, for the relief of tne bondsmen or tne township Treasurer. tteferred to nr. jjcan. Mr. Knowles prosented a memorial of Benoni Statts, of Washington county, for a more emcient temperance law. ( the read ing of the memorial was a source of great merriment) Referied to a committee of one Mr. Knowles. Senate bill No. 15, Tj Amend an aot lo Provide for the Protection of tbe Canals of the State, sc., was ,read a thrid time and passed, xobbzv, nays none. The following bills were introduced on leave, and read a first time : By Mr. Hayden : A bill to amend Section 6 of the act passed March 16, 1869, amen datory of the act to provide for the organi sation or cities anu villages so. By Air. Harris : Supplementary to an aot to amend the act to regulate the feos ol omoers in civil and criminal oases. - By Mr. Savage : To amend Section 1 of an aot to amend an aot to regulate judgments and executions at law. By Mr. Knowles : To amend sootions 9 and 10 of the act to provide for the election and qualification of olerks of the Supreme tjourt, so. Mr.,Dowdney: A bill to authorise the town oouncil of nigginsport to borrow money to build a wharf, sc., in said vil lage. Mr. Bateman, on leave, gave notice cf a bill to amend the law for the exeoution and supervision of the publio printing and binding, passed Maroh 24, 1860. Mr. MoFarland, from the Judiciary oom- mittee, reported a substitute for Sen-tte bill No. U. to prevent kidnapping in this State, and to repeal the aot to prevent illegal arrests in this State. Tbe substitute was adopted without opposition, aud the b'll passed yeas 29, nays none. Tbe bill repeals all former aot on the subieot of kidoappiug and illegal arrestB, and embraces all needful provisions, with out respeot to color. Mr.' Walling, from a seleot oommittee. re ported 4ok S. B. No. 21, to authorise the lommtssioners of fickaway oounly to transfer cortain moneys from the relief fund to the Infirmary fund, with some verbal amendments, which were agreed to. The bill was then referred to the committee on Finance. Mr.' West from a seleot !oommiltee. re ported bick S. B. No. 84, to authoriie the transfer of oertnin mrnipa in TtAlmnnt. aounty. Referred also to Ihe finance oom mittee. Mr. Burt, from a select oommiltee, re ported a bill lo authorize the Commissioners of Coshocton oounly to levy an additional bridge tax. Mr. LinD, from a Bnleot committee, re ported a bill to authorize the city of Zanes- tlle to renew tne loan made to the town ot ZaneSvillo by the ZaneBville Canal and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Linn ottered for adoption tho follow ing resolution, which was agreed to: Kaolvtd. That tbe standing committee on iuanoe be instructed to Inquire whether there are not in tbe administration of the affairs of the State Government, oertain offices that may be abolished without detri ment to the publio service, and that said committee report by bill or otherwise. Messages trom the Mouse were read. On motion of Mr. Brown, the motion to reoonsider the vote on the passage of the partial appropriation bill, was taken from the table. Mr, Brown advooatel the reconsidera tion, expressing a purpose to move to strike out the appropriations for publio printing and Dinaing. During the pendency of a discussion on his subjeot Mr. Bateman, who had the floor, gave way to a motion for a reoess, which was carried. I A'TEKNOOH SISSIOH. Massages from the Houso were read. The resolution relative to the assumption of Ihei war debt of the State by the General Qovornmtut wa signed by the Presi dent.' , . The House returned 8. B. No. 86, to amend the 6ih seation of the act prescribing the ratoi of taxation for State, oounty, township, city and other purposes, so, ith an amendment, whioh was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Linn, the special order for this hour was postponed un-.il Wednes day next at 8 o'clock P. M. A message was sent to (ho House request ing the return to the Senate of 11. B. No. 70. The question or reoonsidsring the vote on tho partial appropriation bill was then resumed, and remarks were made by Messrs Bateman, Williamson, Cole, May, Berry, MoFarland and Uurd. Tne question was then taken, and re sulted yeas 16, nays 14. So the vote was recoqtidereil. The subject was then laid upon the table. e Mr. Batemtn offerod the following reso. lution, which was ogiotd to: Raoivat, That tbe Secretary of State be requested to furnish the sleuate with a oopy of the existing ocntraots for the Stale priut. log and binding. Mr, Wilson, on leave, Introduced a bill prescribing the duties of Supervisors and lupertnteudeotr, and relating to roads and highways, (providing for a oodifioa.ion cf the road laws.) union was road a first time by its title. Mr. Knowles presented a petition of Ira D. Racom, and others of Washington oounty. for authority in relation to a dissolution of connection between two fractional sohcol ietricta. Referred to oommiltee on Sohools and Bohool Lands. ' Mr. Linn offered a resolution for the ap pointment cf a speoiai oommittee of five members of tbe Senate, to be called the oommittee on Insuranoe and InsurauceConip-t-nies, which wss agreed to. Mr. Bradbury ofttred a rciolution, pro viding for the printing of a daily oalender, for the use of Senators, oontaining a list of bills for second reading, bills for tblrd reading, and bills in committee of the whole. Adoptd yeas io, nays ia. Mr. Bateman reported from the Printing committee, an amendment to the resolution relative to the great seal of the Btate, whioh was agreed to. , Also, a resolution relative lo printing extra oopies of the Governor's mossege in German and Fngliab, reoommending its indefinite postponement, which was agreed to. i House joint resolution, requesting Ihe Auditor to suspend the distribution of the relief fund until Maroh 1st, I860, was received in a message from tho House, and laid on the table. The President announced the following as the oommitte on Insurance and Insurance Companies: Messrs. Linn, Brooks, Williamson, West, Doan. ' ' Mr, Kellogg moved to take from th table the House resolution rsauesting Ihe Auditor of Stat to suspend tho distribution of the relief fund until th first of March, i-The motion, after dlsoussion by several Benatois, was lost yeas 18, nays 18. The Senate then took a reoess till nine o'olock to-morrow morning. HOVfJB. Thtosdat, Feb. 1, 1868. HOBHUIO SESSION. The session was opened with praver bv rttev. tt m. a. Marshall, after which thi Journal of yesterday was read and ap proved. Petition were presented by Messrs. Bruff, Schneider, McMorran, and Davey, whioh were appropriately referred. Leave being granted for that purpose, air. mover, from the f inance oommittee, reported the following bill, which was read the first time: A BILL To amend section four of an aot passed April oth, 18U6, entitled "an aot for tbe relief of the families of soldiers and ma rines in the State aad United States' ser- vice, and of those who have died or been disabled in such servioe." (0. L. 62, p. 81.) Section 1. Ill It maltd iy tht Qmeral At-Minify if tht Slat of Ohio, That seoiion four or said aot of April 6th, 1866, be so amend ed as to read as follows, to wit : Sectional. That two fifths of the amount ooUected under the provisions of this act. shall be paid into the Stat Treasury to the uicuii. ui iu, otuaiug mnu, ana taa eamo is hereby appropriated to tbe payment of the principal of the publio debt of the State, and one-twentieth of the amount oolleoted under tbe provisions of this act shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of general revenue; and the remainder of the funds oolleoted under the provisions of this aot shall bs apportioned by the Auditor of State to the several oounttes, aooording to the enumeration and returns made to him by tne aeverai oounty auditors, or the necessitous persons in the families of the soldiers and marines of said oouniies, respectively, aud pay over the same to tne oouuty treasurers, at their semi-annual settlements with tho State. Sec. 2, That section four of said aot of April 6th, 1866, be, and the aame is hereby repealed. . . Sec. 8. This aot shall take effeot and be in force from and after its passage. Mr. Nixon moved a suspension or the rules in order that tho bill be read the seaond timo by ito title. The motion elioi-ted considerable discussion, whioh was participated in by Mrssrs. Glover, Follstt, Lookwood, Sawyer, Mctlorran, iNixon, Bloom, Houston and Piatt Tbe House refused to suspend the rules by a vote of yeas, 46; nays, 89 less than three-fourths in favor of suspension. sundry Dills were read the second time and appropriately referred. House bin, to provide tor the revision and consolidation of tne statuus of Ohio, was passed; also, Hons bill, lo enable the Commissioners of Montgomery oounty to puschase a bridge over the Miami river at I! ay ton. Th House took a reoess. AFTERNOON SESSION. House Bill: To amend section twenty-five or an act passed alarchl4, looi), entitled an aot lor tne incorporation or townships was read the third time, and after disoussion re ferred to the Judioiary oommittee. Mr. Levefer, from the oommittee on Mil itary Affairs, reported back Mr. Bloom's House bill to provide a bounty for veteran volunteers who have not heretofore receiv ed a looal bounty, with an amendment ex tending us provisions to oities. The bill as reported baok was ordered to be printed. House bin to amend seotion 1 or the act entitled "an aot making provision for tbe incorporation of Cemetery Associations," parsed Feb. 24, 1848, was passed. House bill regulating the hours of manual labor, and fixing the Bame eight hours a day, was made- Ihe speoiai order for next Thursday at 2 o'clock P. M. House bill to amend section 814 of the. ondn. vm t-mH hii time, ana then laia on tne table. House Jim, To amend tne lota seotion or an aat entitled "An actoonoerning divorce and alimony," paeaed Maroh 16, 1863 ; and also to repeal the 17th seotion thereof, as amended by an act passed April 16, 1857, was read the third time and passed. Mr. Putnam, from seleot committee, re ported the following substitute for Mr. Ea rn s resolution, amending a rule of the House : i . Uixolvid. That the rules of the House be so amended as to incorporate the following as rule 66: G6. All reports of oommittees recommend ing the indefinite postponement of bills shall lie upon the table one day before action is taken thereon, and shall be placed upon tne aany cauenaar, and caned in tne regu lar order of business, immediately after the third reading of bills. Report laid upon the table. The following bills were read the first time: By Mr. Dangler: Supplementary to the aot providing tor the organisation of oities and incorporated villages, and the aot amendatory thereto, passed Maroh 11, 1868, passed Maroh 29, 1864, passed March 28, 1B6-. By Mr. Beer : To amond an aot entitled an aot directing the mode of trial in criminal oases, passed Maroh 7, 1831. jjy Mr. : To prevent County Roouiders from conveyancing. By Mr Rhodes : To exempt oertain per sons therein named from performing labor on the publio highways. Mr. Hibba presented the olaim of W. C. Claypool, which was referred to the committee on Claims. House Bill to incorporate Hotel Compa nies was indefinitely postponed. House Bill supplementary to the act passed March 29, 1866, to punish persons who leave their places of residence for the purpoeo of avoiding oonsoription, was reo-ommended by ihe Judiciary Committee for indefinite postponement, when Mr. Phillips moved that further action be postponed on the bill until nest Thursday, whioh was agreed to, . air. INixon offered a resolution, which wss adopted, oalling on the Auditor of State for certain information. Mr. Nixon offered tbe following resolu tion, which was adopted: liciolvtd, That the Supervisor of the Siale Printing be direoted to inform this House why the report of the select oommttleo or live, appointed under H. R. No. 137, of the last General As-emWy, was not published in fttll lu thi- House Journal of 1866; and altto, where said n port may be fbunl. ' The House then adjourned ttntti a quar-tor before 9 o'olock to-iuorruw morning. An Aalrouo-Mleal Freak. It has been notioed aa an astronomical faot, that in the present month, there are two full moons, in February, there will be none, and in Maroh two. ItoooaBionally happens that there are t wo full moons in one and tbe same month. For as the time between one full moon aud the other one next following, is shorter than than the length of the time of the different months of the year, wilh the exception of tbat of f ebruary, snoh an event must ooeur, as often as a full moon happens to be In the bt ginning of a month, at suoh a moment that there ie time enough left lor the moon to repeat her course of 29 duys, 12 honrs, 44 minutes ai-d 8 ieoonds in the same month; But tbat a certain full moon happens to be in the beginning of a mouth, at suon a moment, that mere is time enough left for the moon to repeat her course of 29 days, 12honrs, 44 minutes aud 3 seconds in the same month. But that a oertain full moon or moons repeat at the aamo moment is a rare occurrence. Tbey will be repeated in the course or time, out never witness' d ft eeoond time, by mortal men. If the time hetween one full moon and th next following wereexactly 29dttys and our year exactly soo days, your phenomena would cocur every 29 years; but as the time from one full moon (o another, Is, aa above stated, 29 days, 12 hours, 44 min utes and 8 seconds, and th length of our year 8(16 days, 4B mtnntea and 4H seoonds, tho exent in question, oan only occur again after 2,661,448 years, and as it will always repeat in tnat time, it must nave nappeneu for the last time 2,661,448 year ago. iom'e- villt Courier. At a recent revival meeting in the West says the Chicago fi'm,prayer was request ed for a young man who "is in Boston, t fS-nn. fln,l Thi. 1. n-Ak&. I rl en-; ' ' - ami. .a iqij ble If the young man ever does find what his friends want him to find, it will only be after he has ohanged his present residence. TELEGRAPHIC. From New York. A Rebel CifdtioraU Pardoued. New Yoxk, Feb. 1, 1665. The Tribune's Washineton soeoial save.' Among those pardoned by the Preeident was uen. J. s. 1'reston, of South Carolina amuajirlln; being; Sauprcaaetl. A highly encouraging- report, from a Col lector oi nevenue ror a district on the Colorado frontier, formerly notorious for smuff. gling, was yesterday reoeived by the Commissioner of Customs. The offioer reports that since the issue of strict orders by the Commissioner for the suppression of smug gling and its enroroement in several oases, there has been a great diminution in contraband traffic The Freedmen In Kentucky and Ten neeeee. A medical report of the Chief Eurgeon of the rreedmens Bureau for Kentucky and Tennessee, was reoeived yeeteiriny by Gen. Howard. It states lhat the destitution and suffering ie far greater amoug ihe white refugees than the rreedmen. the othoer states that medioal dispensaries hare been established m th principal towns of the States mentioned, and at many points the freedmen have formed benevolent aooteties for the relief of the snfforing among the colored people, by levying a per capita tax on all able-bodied adult freedmen. Uiaud Ball br tbe vita Beglmeut or new aorta. The grand soiree and ball of the Seventh Regiment, which took plaoe last night at the Aoademy or Muste, was a moat brilliaut af fair. An oration by uen. Dix opened the evening's entertainment and dancing was Kept up till an early hour ibis morning. An Artillery Board. Lieut. Gen. Grant hag Issued an order announcing the organisation of a perman ent Artillery Board, to whioh questions re lating to the artillery service may be re- furred by the Seoretury of War or theGeneral-in-Chief aud which may also originate rtioommenuattons inregara to the enioiency or interests of the artillery servioe. The following named otlioers oompoee the board: Brevet ling. Gen. H. J. Hun, Lieut. uoionei of the 3d Artillery; Brevet Colonel Albion P. Howe, Major of the 4th Artillery; Capt. John Gibbon, 4th Artillery; and Brevet Lieut. Colonel S. N. Benjamin, Cap, tain oi tne u Aartiiiery. Hetiirntntr from Ihe War. The Twentieth New York State Militia Regiment, numbering 660 ofijoers aud men, under command of Brevet Urig.-Gen Jacob Hardenberg, whioh arrived in this oity from Richmond, Va., last livening, prooeeded to Hart's Inland, where tbey will be paid off and receive their final discharge. Thi is the lust Infantry Regiment of the Army of the Potomac Qeneral lu JoiiaultaLlou over tlio Ar my lilll. The Times' Washington special ears: Lieut.-Gea. Grant and Mitj.-Ueneruhi Sher man, Thomas aud Meade are in regular Beeelou at the headquarters of the former. over the army bill. They meot earlier than Congress and sit about as long, and the result of their deliberation will soon ho laid before the Military committee of the Senate. Senator Wilson is uhairmanof that oommittee and confers with Ihem, and it is proba ble that a bill will be framed by them em bodying their joint conclusions. Uen. Urant desired the views of hia able Lieutenants ou miio iui.uii.ai buljcui, ana nu uiurefore Bunimoned them. Uen. Sheridan wouid al- so have been oalled but for the exigencies of eervioe in the South-west. He has not bBen Sent for and is not expeoted, aU re ports to the contrary notwithstanding. Xbe Wter Iu Mexleo steported Defeat of tlie I.lleris. The Herald's Havana correspondent, dating Jan. 27, gives an aocount of Ihe defeat, by Imperial General Prieto, In the State of Tiihnantepec, of a Ropablican force of 2000 under General Figuro, with a lone to ihe latter of 100 killed, the Imperialists claiming to have had only seven killed and wounded. The state of siego at Tuinpieo had been declared removed by Marshal Basaire. lloporta of anticipated obanges in Maxi milian's movements prevailed. Tbe Hcpublican Uenersl rarruro Disss remained with his foroes in the State of Ojacoa Tbe slave Trade In Cuba Two Car Load or Alrietana lfuded on tbe laiuud. The Herald's Havana correspondent re ports tbe arrival of two oargoes of AricahB on the Island within a short time. Aatellns; ot Colored People lu Coo er List evening, at Cooper Institute, the col ored men and women of New York and vl-oinity assembled to ratify the amendmeptof the Constitution prohibiting slavery in the United Stales. Geo. S. Smith, the ohair- man, explained Ihe objeot of the meeting, and introduced Patrick S. Reason, who read Secretary Sewards's proclamation declaring that an amendment touohing slavery had virtually beoome a part of the Constitution of the Uuited rttatee. Rev. Sella Martin, Fred Douglass and others ad dressed the assembly. Toe World s Washington speoiai says that the question of taxing the Saviors Banks will be decided in tho Supreme Court this week. If the Court deoide that the tax is lawful, according lo the decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, then these institutions will ask for a special law exempting them from suoh tax. Kallroad Bugg-aitta Car Destroyed by Flro. On Tuesday night -aa the six o'olock night express train from Jersey City, on he new l orn a trie ittilaoJ, was near Laokawaxen, on tho Belaware Division, a lire was discovered in tbe baggage oar of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. The train was stopped aa soon as possible and every effort was made to extinguish the n-tuies, but they had guiued suoh headway tha the exertions to Bubdue them were un-s.iOiiessT'ul. Tne oar and oontents, oouaisi- of 76 pieces of valuable baggage and two iron safes belonging to tbe United Slates Express Company, were destroyed. ibe couteuls of tbe Bates oonsisted of mouet and papt-rs roporied to have been valued at '.bout 200,OUO, and as the safes were not ri'e-proof the oontentB are supposed to have been entirely destroyed. Cluklnaula for tbe Reward OITorod for iheCaploreol tbo A.aatwlnel. The Tribune's Washington special says the ttttement having been made that tbo distribution of awartis to the captors f the assassination conspirators wou.d be made yesterdny, has drawn a rrgiment of claimants to Washington, eich of whom fa an anx ous expeoit.nl. The list of awards ie sun in tbe hands of the war Department, while hundreds of those justly entitled to them remain here week after week, exhausting the resources of their limited purses by reason of oxorbitant bills. Foreign News- Arrival of tbe Africa Commercial Rlattere. Halivax, Feb. 1. Tbe steamship Africa, from Liverpool the 2'Jd, via Qtteeustowu tho 21sl nit., arrived bere at noon, ner dales are three days Is i or. Tbe Liverpool ootton market opened heavy and deollned Jd, but subsequently rallied and reoovered the deolln on middling. sales ot tne weex bf,uuu bales. Brendstuffs quiet but steady, except oorn, which showed a declining tendency. rrovisions quiet ana sieaay. Bullion in the Bank of England increased 141,000 Tbe Paris PreBse asserts that the Emperor Nspoleon has lent a meesengor to Mexico to arrange for the speedy return of the French troops. 1 ' Aotive search is still going on in Ireland for the Head Center, Stevens. RSEDICAL. ' qMEBJOAW. REMEDKE.' Known A I 3r--EACTT7XZirBJ ' ' HIEPABATIOM mOULt 00 Jl CMXTBA TBI qOatroOHD ' ?LUIbXTEAOTBi70Hl7, A Fositiv & Speoiflo Remedy for aAulUifllX, HlUBiAlVM, BKAV KL. Alt At l-AtrOPblCAA, MWt&LLlBIttBtV Tula atcdlcluo Incre-eaee tbe wwr af TH tin . ' aod ezotti-a tbe. Alig0iiBEIST8 iuto healthy action "I -'"-- - - . f VB LJlM,Bfll!r 00tWltUtl and all VKSATViAL UnLAhOlUEalbinn daoed. en well ne pan. and Inflammation, and la aooal ' lor MEN, WOMMH, and QHILDBMB. HZLMDOLD'S JBZXB1CT BflGHtt ' ItB WSAKVMHSHa Lrtx.k.ff fi-yu) Exoa, Habit of BlsaJ, "B, AIM4JUM)JTt)UOB OT AODMt, TTAMOW WITH THI FOLLOWIMO BYMP. .ud,flptfcit.o& to .OxerolM, Lorn ot Fow, ' Lot of ttumof?. Difficulty of Bmthlac. vi dtk aervta, Trembling, 3orror of Dun. we, Whvkt.ra.Dv.. Oinmvw of Vltioo, PuId in tlie Buck, Biuvir$&lhn.ltQ&Qttixt1tliMtiat ot tbm Bud, MaHibiar SjYHtoiu, Eraptlon on tbs Vac), aot Ubicdtt, .Pftitd OoaatauftntM. Dry co of tbe Skin, TtatMaLUphu, ItftUow-Ml to go on, whieb thii medicioe .Dfttriably nuuVM, coon follow lAlPOTJtNOK, IfA'XDITI, liPILiFTlO JIT3, lu ouo of whlcb tba pt.ent mty axplre. Wbo md ny thtvt tbbj mn mat trjaDtl7 followed by Saota 'diitttul dtiieeVitwlM JTNSAMTT AIM CUSi&VMVklOSil Msry Are iwm of tbo Ok dm of their ntfutBg bat noun will oodmu. Th rooordi or tbe Innnt Aayluma and tbe meUncboly dmthi bjr Oodbooiu Hon, bt&r unple wltum to tbe truth of tbo tWKr Hon. 1 ! 'praHHYBA MKVO0 S LIM. aKe08.itV SU)HO K0ULUU8U00 KBl lUuiri tne aid of ttedicttM to itnDthea Md ln olgai-Hte tbe fftt6tu, which UULMBGLD'i IX-THAOt BOCHU it.rribw aa. A trUlwl.1 aw. T'nce tbo Aoot keptioL mi . l"oinht)i, Females, Femelet, ' LO OB IOUSU, blNQI.I, BABH1K1I, OB OOS TKMPLAT1). ktABBlAOS. . . ' i iu laanv afleotloue IMoaltai to Vomate. tb. Ct. traot nucha 1. unequalled by any otber remedy, aa io uniuiuew ui mkuuud, irreguiamy, reinromft-k, er boifureeeion ol the Caetomary Kvacsatione, 01 4erated or tlcbirroue etateof tbe Uterne, Leucd-ruea, or W bita, bteriiity, aod for aU complaints incidon io tne eex, wu.tb.r arlelng from indiscretion, Habits if Die-gnatlon, or in tn. DKtXI&E OK CnAHOK Of WtH. su srMnoHs abovb. NO 7AMLLT SHOULD BE WITHOUT II. aAe no fialeatu, Mercnrt, UnpieaMot Medlolte air Uupletiaant ana Dangeroae Piseoew. BTJtBOLD'S JiiTKACT. BUOHli - CURES In lltbetr slatted, at Lttle jiineOM, UtU. or; no ASJO WO EXPOsiJBE. It c ft ate treiueat dtMlrt, end tfib itrtiigth t OrlDtiie, thereby retnovitig obatnictloDii, prevention md CiiiiDg Strictnru. of the Urethrm, tUUiylag pail tod Irjf.ftiumtt.iuli. o frbijneijt In thit cIavu o) dta wn, And cxpvlliug P0I60NQU8, DlfiEAtil. J A' J WOUt OVT UATTHU, j ThouMada ohu TbouModi WBO EA VS BEEN TBE VICTIMS OJt QDACBIS, Aad vbo have pftM KIeattTku to be cured la m bort time, hte ium-d they wvre deceived, end that be "Poisou" biaH, lv tLu txtwof "Poworlul Antrin .jrmtV btttn drltod lu tbe ejuoit to break out la AA vravtvlod term-, aud JrfcRHAIb AFT Eii MAItELAtfJt Reiiaboid's Extract Bucha JOI All AOeOtlOIU AL-d I)iMMiJt OX lilt: UttUiAltY ORGAXtj, i Ktunbor suiting tn MALI OB FXMALX, from . ethatoTec came originating, and BO uallw Of llow Loutf Muufllugl IftaosuM. of tNe Ortr-ai roqnlre tlu a id of a Dlaretlo mmiwuM iaiiiiT buchsj , u Tiia ohiat Dumsrio, ., iou It la oenaia to have tne dealrod efioct In alt U earn for which it U xaoouuMltdea. a bLtfyy. VL'jmi blood. m. Uelmbold't Highly Ootmntrmfd Oomtonnd " Fluid Exiracrbarsaparilltii. isa-E-xar-TXAi. Tbii ! An ftitixtieii ot tbe bicud, and attache tat ?cxnu) Orpar-i. Llningtot Ibe Hoeo, Ian, Ihroat, Wlni'V-pe, ttud other Uacueiiriacee, mekms lta ap I'MiatsCiB- ibf icrtnot Clcet". Belmlold'i Iztraat jareaparillA j-unfloe tbe blood, and renove aliotiior HUAltomof the -kin, giving to the oomplesloii A jltiur And healthy oolor. It being prepAred expreie. f -nr tksfci ulut of aotnoialnti. IU b.oo4-nnriff las Drop orttee tare preierved to a grimier extent thAD aaj ot m , r prAtiaration oi oanapaniia Eeimbold's Hoed Waah. An e.vollnt Lotion for Dleeate of ft ByphHlo H. tnre, And as rn injection In IMeeaaee of the Urinary Organ, anorng Iron, faablte or diwlpattan, and In ootiiidttitm with the kxticte Bochn and BanapAtil la In encli distsnKJ ae recommended. , Cvidunce of thb iumt reepanetbleand reliAblecltAr over will eoooravAnjj tbe medicine. fntliibf to iwou.y tn unding, with Bene) inowb to Vf.lKSQE ASD FAMZ. ,t. r-r-dical properlietof 9l70HUt Me IMepeom ot at h thiltod States. ' Proie-eoi DFVS' Tel re. We workf on the Prc4o oi lfhyilc. ficti iruinariiB made by tbe laMoeworotaw'. Dr. FPrth t e.-!brid Pi.yeicieii, iiid Wmlwi ol the Koyal Hillfge of 8orgt,tin( Lrt-Iaod, and pablihtd in to Tiauanctionj of (he Kin and (jneen't Jon real. MoJico-Clrurgical lieview, published by BBS- M-MIW TilA VJCtte. Follow of the Boyal OoHoge ot , t&i?0fft of the lAte tin del d work on Medicine. extract Sucua... 1 00 per bottle, or ill Tor f ft 00 SarfAVArfllA 1 00 6 00 Uoprov'd Bo Wh M Sm fr feialt a dofcn of oaoh for lis, whioh will bits am. rivni t euro the most obstinate oaea, U dlrcotl one ; wn adherfd lo- D'trabte to any AddraxS), securely peeked from .b,riition. gDewilh symptoms ia all ootiiJ&Qi.catloQ OiintA eiiaranleed. Adrioe gratia, : It . ; AFF11IATIX. r..nail i eupffared before iao, an Ai4e;-mn al ' tuetllyoi rouaucipiiia. n. T. noimoold, WO?, lu,! duff iworn, ootb aa, his tireparatloa. ooutala . i.r.t .iv Durely vegetable. , vi vuie. uuurtoua oragB. a. x. aaifAutuifU. 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Ibe ballot in tho land's of (be conspirator itae noro dangerous to the iafety of the Ro-blio than the bayonet . Be apoke of the paeBuge of the proposed amendmeut .declar iiig that neither tbe United Stated nor any Biate of the Union shall erer assume or pay tbe rebel debt, and suggested others aa ne-oeseary to prohibit the States from pensioning rebels, or paying them damages for their sufferings in the rebellion, and an essential amendment to give power to Congress to enforoe the right of the citizens of eooh State to the rights of oitiiens in all the States. This .latter was argued, at length, and yery ably. Mr. Bingham claiming that the constitutional provision at present in force was ineffeotire and inoperative. On the subjeot of amendments generally he spoke as follows: Mr. Speaker, touching this and all other amendments to the Constitution, by giving them dt auoDort. I do not subieat mveelf to V the gratuitous imputation of the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. mabshalij who spoke yesterday, ot a want of reveienoe either for the Constitution or its illustrious founders. I beg leave, at all events, to say, with all possible respect for that gentleman, that I do not reo:gniie the right ol any man ucon this floor, who was a representative of that party which denied the right to defend the Constitution cf his oountry by arms against armed rebellion, to become my accuser. In seeking to amend, not to mar, the Constitution of the United States, w ought to hjve regard to every express or implied JJiUlbu upon our power imposed by that great instrument. When gentlemen object to amending the Constitution, when they talk Bneeringly about tinkering with the Constitution, do not remember that it is one cf the express provisions of that instrument that Congress shall have power to propose amendments to the Legislatures' of tbe several States. Dj gentlemen mean by the logio to which we have listened for the past fire years on- this subjeot of our right to amend, that we are not to add anything to the Constitution and that we are to take nothing fiom it V I prefer to follow, in this supreme hour of the nation's trial, the lead of a wiser and nobler spirit, who by common content was oalled whilst ke lived "the father of his Country," and, new that ho il dead, is still reverenoed as "the Father of his Country," and to be hailed, I trust, by the millions of the future who are to people this land of ours as "the Father of his Country." In his Farewell Address, his last of-floial utterance, Washington used these significant words, whioh I ropeat to-day for the consideration of gentlemen i I'Tha ha.la nf nnr nnlltleal vltamc ta thi rlvht of 1 tha po plo to make aud to alter tbolr constitution! 1 of government. . favor of the amendment as proposed by the Committee. . His argument Is summed up In the speech, and we give the remainder of his speeoh from that point entire: I have endeavored io make the point elear that the issue now before this House is whether tho Constitution shall be so amended as to secure to the free oitiiens of each State equal rights. The point raised upon the proposition reported by the committee is whether the deolared intent of the Constitution of your fathers shall be enforced, or whether it shall be basely eur-randarfd. bv admitting that when all are Vee, a minority of the oitiiens of a Stats r!LJ .!:- ui.. - . .V.. n,.!. Uaj uioiia.uvu.iBo a uirtjviii vi uo wmib eitisens of full age of the United States within suoh State. I deny their right to do so. 1 might go further in this argument, and say, with the late Chanoellor Kent, that whenever the majority of a State inserted the word "white" as a condition of tbe ex eroise of the eicstive iranchise "it deserved Consideration whether suoh exolusion would not be opposod to the Constitution of the United States." 1 believe mat tne tree eitisens of each State were guarantied, and mended to be guarantied by the terms of he Constitution, all not some, "an tne milages of eitisens of the United States in every State. That is the express provision of tbe Constitution. But the question now presented Is a very different one from the oase just auppoeed, of the majority of free eitisens restricting some of the rights of a minority. My friend from California Mr. Higby has informed us that there are one hundred thousand more free colored oitiiens of the United Sta es in the State of Mississippi to-day than there are of white oitiiens; that there are one hundred thousand more free oolored oitiiens of the Uuited Statos in Boutb Carolina than there are of whit oitiiens, and then we are gravely told that we must not press this amendment because we are abandoning the Constitution and the intent of our fathers. That is. a new discovery, one for whioh the Bomocracy ought to take out letters patent, that it was aver intended tnat a minority 01 rree out-lens should disfranchise the majority of free male oitiiens, of full age, in any Stale of the Union I For myself I will never oon-ent to it ' ' Well, then, some gentlemen asks, why not ;o for a constitutional amendment wnion 111 declare, onoe for all, that no State in s Union shall mike any distinction in the light of voting between malt oitiaens of the United States,' resident within its limits and over twenty-one years of age, eave in the case of persons oouvioted of infamous crime after due trial ? I will answer with all my hsart that I am ready to go for that But a majority of those with whom 1 am associated think that this is a that is needed at present, in connection With other propositions to ba submitted by them. 1 am content with that i want tne Amerioan people by adopting suoh amend ments to dcolare their purpose to stand by the foundation prinoiple of their own in stitutions, the absolute equality of all out isna or tbe United Htates politically and civilly before their own laws. That is the issue involved in the amendment presented by the committee. Gentlemen will notice that the first clause of the amendment proposed by the commit tee is in tbe expreea language or tbe con stitution of the Uniled States, except the word "rree." ine word "free" In your Con titullon has, 1 said before, become forever meaningless by your amendment to tbe uonsttuitton .declaring; tnat hereafter aUve cannot be or breathe anywhere within the Bepublio. This joint resolution says: - aeprt tematlT'S and dlrfot texee shall be appor-nl among tbs eevotal fetatea whlcb may Lain iujod wltblo ilila Union according to toelr reepto-ive ftumOeia. counting tbe whoto rumberof ner one m aaonniaie, oscluttiDg inaiaua not taxea.". This is the exact language of the Consti tution. Indians not taxed are excluded, for the reasons suggested bv the venerablo chairman of. the oommitte Mr. Stevens mo oioer uay, mat tney are '.riDat, ar not part of the body politie of the Uniled atatos until tbey are subieot to taxation. it la obteoted to this resolution, among ether things, that you retain the provision or tne Uon.ulutton for tbe apportionment or oireot taxation. 1 ant tne attention of tbe Uouso for a moment to the importance of that provision. I know that in tbe practico of the Government it has baen found en- irely :useless in time of peaoe. In the present oentury thor have been but three occasions when that grant of power in the Constitution has been exercised, and those inree oooasions were in time of war. ..Tho Effect of the amendment of mv hou- orable.oolleague Mr. Sohenck is to strike out the third clause of the Second section artlole ono of the Constitution.' which deotares tnit dtreot taxation snail be ap portioned among the several Slates accord ing to the ratio of representation ; but his amendment leaves and does not strike out the Constitution the provisions of the eighth and ninth sections of artiole one, tbe hrst of whioh is that the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, fro.; nd tne second is that "no oapttation other direot taxation shall bo laid, unless proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore direoted to be taken." How then will the Constituon stand ? Wbv, air. it seems to mo that this faot is a fatal ob- jeoiioa to tbe proposed amendment of my oolleagud, Mr. Soheuck.J If you are to dispose or tne apportionment olause in the first artiele of the Constitution as to the pportionmeut of direct taxts amontr the States, you muet go further and limit the power of Congress to tax as provided in the eichth section. 1'ake away the rower, as my clleagae proposes, to apportion direot taxes, among the Statef, and leave the power as ;my colleague proposes to impose a Jir-yi oapitution tax, and you introduce :40 your Constitution an express power to make unequal and unjust laws, whioh was abhorred by the makurs of your Cou-etitutloo, and against whioh they intended to provide a perpetual safeguard in the olauie for apportionment of all direct taxes ambng the States. The effoot of my colleague's substitute, if it be adopted, will be this: the apportionment clause of the Constitution aa to direot taxes1 will bo strioken out; the granting otauBS of the eighth and ninth sections, to lay direct taxe, even a capitalisation tax, will bo retained. What will follow? Tbe express pjwer to enaot unequal tax laws, such as are sometimes et-aoied sotxss Lho tvaters uudi-r tbe irou rulu ol Eg!aui, the imposition of taxes, so as directly to nvike tbe rich rioher and the poor poorer. Let me explain. You lay a direct tax of one dollar, or five dollars, if you please, per bead upon every citizen of the United States, and ycu strike out the apportionment clause. Tho result is the poor man in his hovel, surrounded by his ragged children, bis only earthly treasure, is compelled to pay, aooording to tbatasnesement, for every member of his household: white ihe single. childlrss man, with his $100,01)0 of annual inoome, pays not a dollar b-yond the as sessment on his own head. Under the provisions of the third olauso of the second ssniion of article one, which my oolltngue would strike out, that cannot be. Why? Beoause a capitalisation tax is a direot tax, and beoause the third elause, which my col league proposes to strike our, requires that every direct tax shall be apportioned, not among the people,- but among the States of the Union. The moment you bo apportion it, it beoom'es a tax upon property, not upon persons. I tbink, Mr. Speaker, that if noth ing else were said upjn the subieot, this objeotton to the proposed substitutute of my oolieague would of itself be fatal. W ith my present view or tus matter, therefore, 1 oan-not vote for that amendment. Mr. SCHENCK. Will my oolUaguo yie'.d to me one moment, that I may ask him a question ? Mr. JJlINUiiAM es, sir. Mr. SCUENCK. So I understand my oolleaguoSito insist that in the ninth Beo-tion ot the first artiole there is no provision for any direot tax except a capitation tax? Mr. BINQUAM. No, sir, 1 do not take that position. Mr. BUUr.ur.. nt language or that section is: "No capitation or other direct las khf.ll ba luld, anleee In pr, portion to the coatue or enumeration burelullOiortMllreled to be token. Mr. UIjNUMAM. 1 do not take tbat ground, nor did 1 intimate any suoh posi lion; but I insist that the terms of the ninth section of ihe first article of tho Constitu tion affirm beyond all ouesnon that every eapitation tax is a direot tax; aud I will say farther that the third clause of section second of the first arliolo of tbe Constitu tion, which my ooleague by his substitute proposes to strike out, requires and enjoins that every eapitation as well as every other direot tax shall be apportioned among tbe States, and that the moment it is ap portioned It oeaBos to be a tax upon tbe person and beoomes a tax upon property. I insist further that, if you strike out the third clause and lay your capitatiou tux, aud assess it without apportionment, not upon property, but upon tbe person, you thereby adopt a mode of asaosement, whioh the fathers or tbe uonstltuuon wisely forbade, and whioh I trust the people of the United Stales will forever prohibit. Now, Mr. Speaker, what more is there of this proposed amendment reported by the joint committee? I have stated that it stands in tbe very woras oi tne uonstitution, omitting tbe word "free." What objeotion, then, , can there be on that side of the House to enacting it? "Oh! the proviso," say the gentlemen " the proviss which declares that whenever the eleotive franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of raoe or oolor, all persons of suoh race or oolor shall be excluded from the basis of representation." I beg my friend from California, Mr. Higby, and my honorable oolieague, Mr. Sheilabarger, to consider that a grunt of power by implication cannot be raised by a law which only imposes a penalty, and nothing but a penalty, for Ihe non-performance of a duty or the violation of a rignt. Within tue last hundred years, In no oountry where the common law obtains, I venture to Bay, has any imnlication of a grant of power ever boen held to bo raised by suoh a law, and ttipa- aiallv an implied power, to do an aot ex pressly prohibited by the same law. The guarantee of your Constitution, that tbe people shall eleot their Representatives in the several States, oannot be set aside or impaired by inserting in your Constitution as a penalty for disregarding it the provision that the majority ol a State that denies the equal rights of the minority shall sutler a loss orpoiiiicai power. I have endeavored to show that tho words of the Constitution, the people of "the State shall ohooBe their Representatives," is an express guarantee that a majority of the free male oitiiens of the United States in every State of this Union, being of full age, shall have the political power subject to the equal right of suffrage In the minority of free male eitiiens of full age. There is a further guarantee In the Constitution, of a rspublican form of government to every Btate, whioh I take to mean that the majority of the free male oitiieni in every State shall have the political power. I sub mit to my friend that this proviso is noth ing bat a penalty for a violation on the part of the people or any state of the political right of franchise guarantied by tne Con stitution to their free male fellow-oitisens of fall age. Mr. KniBY. Will the gentleman yield to me I Mr. BINGHAM. Most oheerfully. Mr. BIGBT. I ask whether nnder the amendment we propose to adopt as a part of tbe Constitution of the United States, State could not, by virtue of the proviso whioh it contains, have a right to disfran chise any olaas of oitiiens on aooount of raoe or oelor.r Mr. BINGHAM. I am sorry Ihe gentle man did not notice What I said before he rose, fori think if he had he would not have made the inquiry. I say that the proviso Is a penalty, and nothing but a penalty, in flicted on the State if lis ruling glass dis regard and violate the guarantees or tne Constitution of the politioal right of all the free peop'e therein, being male oitiiens of the United states or roll age, to participate in the ohoice of electors, by imposing on any part oi one oiass speoiai disabilities not im posed on the other elass. the guarantee iu the first article of the aeeond seotion of the Constitution rightly interpreted is, as 1 olaim, this, that tbe uta- ority or tne male eitiiens or tne united States of full age in each Stat shall forever exeroise the politioal power of the State with thi limitation, tbat they shall never by casta legislation impose disabilities upon one elass of free male eitisens to the denial or abridgment of equal rights. Tho further provision is that the United States shall guaranty to eaon State a republican form f government whioh means tbat a majori ty of male oitiiens of full age in each State hall govern, not however, in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of the rigbts of the misortty. air. isitUM ,YfcL,L,. i ask the gentleman to let me aBk mm a question. Mr. jUINUUAM. .Certainly, althoup-h it destroys the order of my remarks. Mr. tiKUMWELL. I ask the gentleman wnetner tne pending amendment reported from the oommiltee does not by forcible im plication, if sanctioned by three-fourths ol tbe State Legislatures, admit (hat a majori ty mny utsiranonies a minority; Mi- uiMuiiAM. as 1 have before stated. and I beg the gentleman's pardon for ask- ng nis attention to tne taot tbat there has not been suoh a ooustruotion, in my opinion. of a law which imposes only a penalty, for centuries, if ever, in any oountry where the oommon law obtains. Xhe coostruotion in sisted upon by the gentleman amounts to tbts, that a law whioh indicts a penalty or works a iorietture lor doing an act, by implication authorises the aot to be done for doing whioh the penalty is inflioted. Tbere oannot be suoh a construction of the provi- . it is a penalty, it says in terms that any of the States of the United States hall disobey the Constitution: that if thev shall make distinctions in violation of the second section of the first artiole of the Constitution, that as a penalty suoh State shall lose political power In this House, to tbe extent ot tbe wnole olass or race against any part of whom the unjust discrimination has been made. If, therefore, the State of South Carolina by a violation of the Constitution shall say nat wntte oiiissns only snail vote, thereby -xoluding the majo'ity of the free male oitiiens of the State becauso they are ool ored, the proviso is, that then South C.ro-liua, instead of bavina; six Representatives uj.on this floor as she otherwise would have, shall only have two. Is that not ust, if the one-third of the people of that ate aieiranonise two-thirds of tbe free people of that State ? It is aooording to he spirit of the Constitution 7 Is it n?t just as cotnparoi with the gallant State of Vormout, a State always faithful to tbe Constitution, with three hundred and twen ty thousand white population, whioh eends three Representatives? South Carolina, ooruiuir to tbe argument of gentlemen. may violate the Constitution, may violate every prinoiple of ropublioan government, may by tne aot or a minority ueny all politioal rights to the majority, and yet for ne so tho gentlemen who oppose this amendment say phe shall be entitled to six representatives for her two hundred and ?igbty thousand returned rebel white eitisens, and thereby count two to one over Vermont with twenty thousand more white population than South Carolina. To prevent so gross an injustioe we propose the penally that no State, by a denial of right to the majority en acoount of raoe or oolor shall be allowed to represent such disfranchised majority of tree male oitiiens. We say if a State does this thing suoh Slate shall be reduoed in political power on this door, but shall not be relieved from the payment of taxes on the whole number of tree population. Yon place upon your statute-book a law punishing the orime of murder with death. iou do not tnereDy, ny implication, say that anybody may, of right commit murder. ' You but pass a penal law. Yea do not prohibit murder in the Constitution; you guaranty life in the Constitution. You lo not prohibit the abuse of power by the majority in the Constitution in express terms, but you guaranty the equal right of ail free male oitiiens or run age to eleot eprssentatives; and by the proviso you niot a penalty upon a state wnion denies or abridges that right on aocount of raoe or color. In doing that we are not to be told, that we oonfer a power to override the express guarantees of the Constitution. We propose tbe penalty in am ot tne guaran- e, not in avoidance oi it. But, sir, if implied powerr are to be in ferred from the mere penalty proposed, then the objoction on that ground applies with audi force to tne substitute ottered by my oollcagua, Mr. Scbikck. What is implied beref 1 say, Dy my argument, no suon implication can be made. But I do Bay, as a ljgioai sequenoe it results, if piwers are to be implied beoause you impose as a penalty the forfeiture of politioal powers on a State that denies or abridges the rights of any portion of the people guarantied by the Constirulion, that the argument urged upon that ground against this proviso operates ilh equal furoe against tbe substitute of fered by my colleague. What is that? This the provision proposed Dy my colleague, Mr. Bchesok: RrprceeotatlToe ehall ba apportioned among the ewal etahe whlcb nay ha inoluded witbia tbe al'in ace .raing to tne nn nur oi ante ouise. e rer twenty-one years of age hevlag tbe qoalifica tluni rvquie.te lit .le'lore of the moil numerou braucb of tbe Siato Legielatnro. Is not the effeot of this thi same as tbat the proviso, differing in degree ? It is a penalty. It is the diminution of politioal cower in the State that limits suffrage among the oilisens of the United States. the intent or my ooueague s substitute is e same aa that of the psoviso in tbe reso lution reported by the committee. It is to compel those 8taies, upon the penalty of losing politioal power, to do equal and ex it justice among im irou oiuaoQB ui id nited States in the regulation of the eleo tive franchise. It results that the argument made against the proviso does not apply as well to the proposed substitute oi my oolieague. noes not that substitute imply, according to the argument we have heard, that all oitiiens ol the united states, oeing mate .persons over twenty-one years of age, in a State, miy not be allowed to exeroise tne elective franchise? Did not my colleague Mr. ohenck admit in his argument yesterday that this faot was implied? Undoubt edly. Does the substitute not imply fur ther ir, as contended, a penalty lor aoiug an aot ie an implied powerand authority to do it that the franchise may b conferred ia the States upon aliens ? Most undoubtedly. Well, is not that a vitiation of the Constitution? Was it not intended by the Constitution, as I argued in the beginning, that the politioal power of this country should be exeroised in the several States of the Union enly by oitiiens of the United States, natural born or duly naturalised ? Undoubtedly that is the intent of your Constitution. The ballot is the sovereignty of the nation, and should only be in tbe hands of oitiiens. A few States of the Union, and but a few, have granted alien suffrage. My colleague, I am sure, is not It advocate. But let gentlemen, wnen tney enter upon this mode of argument, raising implied power from a restraining law, consider well whither their logio leads them, I assert again, without fear of contradiction from any man who deliberately examine tne subjeot, that the argnment against the pro viso, that by implication it autnonies an aot to be done whioh it punishes, tbat the argument lies as well against the substitute offered by my colleague. There is in my mind no doubt abont it. It soems to me. sir, that the joint resolu tion of the committee has this toreoommend it in addition to what I have said over the BroDoeed substitute, that itleaves to every State of this Union, according to the original intent and letter of the Constitution, its equal politioal potter in the Union, provid ed tbe several States cbey its requirements. That is precisely what it proposes. What is the result, if yon substitute my oolieague' amendment? You diminish necessarily ihe Dolitical power of the loyal states while you inorease in the same ratio that of the rebel States upon their admission to representation in this House. Now, is it not enough for us to allow them to oome in with equal politioil power upon precisely the same terms with the rest; or are we ready to strip the loyal State or the just politioal power under the Constitution whioh they hold to-day. i believe it endangers tne luture safety of the Republic to inoreass the political power of the eleven States that have been in rebellion against the Government, and diminish the political power of the loyal states, in toy judgment, tnat would be the effeot of my colleagne's sub stitute. How? Why, simply thus. Under the Constitution as it now is aad as it always has teen, the entire immigrant population of this oeuutry is lnoiuded in the basis of representation, every man knows that the great body of the immigrant population of Amertoa always naa been and now is oonfiued to the free loyal States. There is no considerable portion of it found anywhere within the limiis of the eleven rebel States. By substituting the amendment of my oolieague you strike from tbe basis of representation the entire immigrant population not naturalised, and there- tore not yet capable or beooming voters, eitiiens or ihe united states over twenty-one years of age. I aek the House to cou Bider whether that is wire It will be admitted, doubtless, that the' framers of the Constitution inserted this provision to encourage immigration. They did so, not only by this provision of the or- ganio law, which deolared that the whole immigrant population should be numbered with the people and oounted aa part of them, but by the further provision that Congress should have power to pass a uniform naturalisation law, and thereby provide that the alien population, by complying with the torms of tbe statute, should De oiothed with the dignity of eitiiens of the United States and invested with the rights and powers of oitiiens. There is no provision of the Constitution hat is more essential to the future of the Repubho than this. It is as true now as hen the Constitution or the United States was adopted, that the want of the Republio is produotive power. Tbe wise statesmen who fashioned the Constitution, invited to these snores tho toiling millions of the Old World. Tney invited the workers and builders whose honest toil clothes and shel- ers nations. Thoy came Ifrom every oivil- iied nationality, to be numbered among our people, and finally to become one with us as oitiiens of the Republio. But, say gentlemen now, they shall not be numbered among onr people, that we must depart from that policy whioh has hitherto givon the Republio its strength, whioh lias enabled it to aohieve what has bithertobeen seen only in the vision of the deer, a nation born in a day, a nation that ttuhia the memory of living men has peo- d this vast oountry of ours from tbe tstern tia-.e of the Alleghanies to the .;ates of the Faoilio, and oovered the oon-ttneut with free Commonwealths. Mr. Speaker, I trust that the House will deliberate long before they substitute any such untried project for the older, safer way of he fathers of tbe Constitution. One word more about this muoh-abused proviso, it oners an inauoeinent to those dtates lately in rebellion, when they are admitted to their proper positions in Ihe Union, if they would assert Ibeir political power, not only to make ihs franohise ntversal, but It tne necessity exists to hioh my oolieague I Mr. Schenokl referred yesterdiy, to unoar the gates of knowledge and allow all the oitiiens of their Slates the means either of self-culture, or of oulture hrough the benificenee and kindness of others. It is true that this amendment may not B it cannot compel the States to grant Ihe means of mental instruction. This amendment will not aoaompiish all ne desire, but it will be a step taken to ward the attainment of the end. I IruBt that before this Congress shall conclude its session amendmenis will be sent out to tbe people by whioh tbe Congress may upon their ratification bj empowered to provide by law that hereafter no State shall make a orimeror a man, wnetner ne oe disox or white, a oititsn of the Republio, to learn the alphabet of his native tongue and s rights and duties. Mr. Speaker, I have endeavored in the remarks which I have made to the House to show that the proposed amendment in a simple endeavor, by way of penalty, to enforce the existing grants and guarantee of the Constitution of my oountry. I trust that I have succeeded in making the House understand my own views, at least, of this mportant question. 1 tbink tbat no ques tion more important than this has yet oome before the House, and that none moro important oan come before the .House for us consideration, unless it be that great ques tion whether the Constitution shall be so amended as to give to Congress ihe power by statute law lo enforce all its guarantees! 1 l'rny gentlemen to oonsiucr long before thev reieot this proviso. It may not bs the best that the wisest heal in the House can oonceive of, but I ask gentlomen to consider that the rule of statesmanship is to take the best attainable essential good whioh is at our oommand. The reason why I sup- tt tbo proposed amendment 11 that I be lieve it eesentlal and attainable. I do not date to say lhat it could not be improved. do dare to say that it is in aid or the listing grants and guarantees of the Con- titution of my country, tbat it is simply a penalty to be inflicted npon the States for . fd. J:.nnn.J In U a fhn-a SpOClUO U1B1WJJMIW 1" .MlfOO ise and just and humane grants "lo the piop.e ' to elect tneir lopresontauve ana maintain a republican govermsnt in each State. Mr. Speaker, the Republio is great: it is great in its domain, equal in extent to con tinental niurope, aoounuing in tne pruauc tions of every lone, broad enough and fertile enough to furnish bread and homes to three hundred million of freemen. The Republio is great in tbe intelligence, thrift, industry, energy, virtue, and valor of its unoonauered and unoonquerable ohildren: and great in its matchless, wise, and beneficent Constitution. I pray the Congress of e United States to propose to the people all needful amendments to the Constitu tion, that by their sovereign act they may orown the Republio for all time with the gieatness of justice. The Paris correspondent of the New York World save the Emperor is just now ren dered unhappy by the sight of a span of superb black horses driven Dy air. nay oi Boston, which are creating a sensation In Paris. Mr. Way is the envy of all horse-faneior of all degrees when he emerges from the perls achm of the Grand Hotel to display his higbblaods in the Champs Ely-sees and in the Bjis de Boulogne, The Emperor has sent lo know if Mr. Way eonld be induced to part with his horses, and at what prioe; but as yet their owner is unmoved, aod perfers his horse to the hornor of pleasing his Majesty. An English newspaper says that an American paper slates that in the most elegant part of the cemetery at Ringgold, in Georgia, there is the following iasoription on a tombstone : " Saored to the memory of Tennessee Thompson, jun. Ha lived to enliven Ihe happiness of his parent three rears, two months and twenty-three days, when death tore him from tbe mountain's brow. An angel oaught and bore him o'er the sea and plaoed him in God's Whit House to live and play tnrougn an eternity. ' UEGISIjATIVE abstract, BBS ATE. ' TmiBSDAr, Feb. 1, 1866. ' MOaMSQ SESSION. After prayer by Rev. Mr. Richards, Mr. Martin moved a suspension of the order of morning business, for the purpose of taking up me partial appropriation oiu, wnion lies upon the table under a motion ror reconsideration. The motion was objected to bv Mr. Walling, and was lost, by a vote of yeas 20, nays 11 not quite two-thirds. The Journal was read and approved. Mr. Bart presented a petition of L. L. Rinehartand other oitiiens of Coshoolon county, for a law to eulborite the commis sioners of said county to build a bridge over the Tusoarawas rivsr near the town of Orange, in said county. Referred to Mr. uurt. Mr. WallioK presentnd a memorial of nelson rraukuin, asking the appointment or a joint committee to investigate the sale of the State's interest in certain turnpikes. ny tne Auditor ana secretary or state. tteferred to committee on Koads and Highways.Mr. Dean presented the petition or Moseg Garrison, and 266 other oitiiens of Vernon Township, Clinton eounty, for the relief of tne bondsmen or tne township Treasurer. tteferred to nr. jjcan. Mr. Knowles prosented a memorial of Benoni Statts, of Washington county, for a more emcient temperance law. ( the read ing of the memorial was a source of great merriment) Referied to a committee of one Mr. Knowles. Senate bill No. 15, Tj Amend an aot lo Provide for the Protection of tbe Canals of the State, sc., was ,read a thrid time and passed, xobbzv, nays none. The following bills were introduced on leave, and read a first time : By Mr. Hayden : A bill to amend Section 6 of the act passed March 16, 1869, amen datory of the act to provide for the organi sation or cities anu villages so. By Air. Harris : Supplementary to an aot to amend the act to regulate the feos ol omoers in civil and criminal oases. - By Mr. Savage : To amend Section 1 of an aot to amend an aot to regulate judgments and executions at law. By Mr. Knowles : To amend sootions 9 and 10 of the act to provide for the election and qualification of olerks of the Supreme tjourt, so. Mr.,Dowdney: A bill to authorise the town oouncil of nigginsport to borrow money to build a wharf, sc., in said vil lage. Mr. Bateman, on leave, gave notice cf a bill to amend the law for the exeoution and supervision of the publio printing and binding, passed Maroh 24, 1860. Mr. MoFarland, from the Judiciary oom- mittee, reported a substitute for Sen-tte bill No. U. to prevent kidnapping in this State, and to repeal the aot to prevent illegal arrests in this State. Tbe substitute was adopted without opposition, aud the b'll passed yeas 29, nays none. Tbe bill repeals all former aot on the subieot of kidoappiug and illegal arrestB, and embraces all needful provisions, with out respeot to color. Mr.' Walling, from a seleot oommittee. re ported 4ok S. B. No. 21, to authorise the lommtssioners of fickaway oounly to transfer cortain moneys from the relief fund to the Infirmary fund, with some verbal amendments, which were agreed to. The bill was then referred to the committee on Finance. Mr.' West from a seleot !oommiltee. re ported bick S. B. No. 84, to authoriie the transfer of oertnin mrnipa in TtAlmnnt. aounty. Referred also to Ihe finance oom mittee. Mr. Burt, from a select oommiltee, re ported a bill lo authorize the Commissioners of Coshocton oounly to levy an additional bridge tax. Mr. LinD, from a Bnleot committee, re ported a bill to authorize the city of Zanes- tlle to renew tne loan made to the town ot ZaneSvillo by the ZaneBville Canal and Manufacturing Company. Mr. Linn ottered for adoption tho follow ing resolution, which was agreed to: Kaolvtd. That tbe standing committee on iuanoe be instructed to Inquire whether there are not in tbe administration of the affairs of the State Government, oertain offices that may be abolished without detri ment to the publio service, and that said committee report by bill or otherwise. Messages trom the Mouse were read. On motion of Mr. Brown, the motion to reoonsider the vote on the passage of the partial appropriation bill, was taken from the table. Mr, Brown advooatel the reconsidera tion, expressing a purpose to move to strike out the appropriations for publio printing and Dinaing. During the pendency of a discussion on his subjeot Mr. Bateman, who had the floor, gave way to a motion for a reoess, which was carried. I A'TEKNOOH SISSIOH. Massages from the Houso were read. The resolution relative to the assumption of Ihei war debt of the State by the General Qovornmtut wa signed by the Presi dent.' , . The House returned 8. B. No. 86, to amend the 6ih seation of the act prescribing the ratoi of taxation for State, oounty, township, city and other purposes, so, ith an amendment, whioh was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Linn, the special order for this hour was postponed un-.il Wednes day next at 8 o'clock P. M. A message was sent to (ho House request ing the return to the Senate of 11. B. No. 70. The question or reoonsidsring the vote on tho partial appropriation bill was then resumed, and remarks were made by Messrs Bateman, Williamson, Cole, May, Berry, MoFarland and Uurd. Tne question was then taken, and re sulted yeas 16, nays 14. So the vote was recoqtidereil. The subject was then laid upon the table. e Mr. Batemtn offerod the following reso. lution, which was ogiotd to: Raoivat, That tbe Secretary of State be requested to furnish the sleuate with a oopy of the existing ocntraots for the Stale priut. log and binding. Mr, Wilson, on leave, Introduced a bill prescribing the duties of Supervisors and lupertnteudeotr, and relating to roads and highways, (providing for a oodifioa.ion cf the road laws.) union was road a first time by its title. Mr. Knowles presented a petition of Ira D. Racom, and others of Washington oounty. for authority in relation to a dissolution of connection between two fractional sohcol ietricta. Referred to oommiltee on Sohools and Bohool Lands. ' Mr. Linn offered a resolution for the ap pointment cf a speoiai oommittee of five members of tbe Senate, to be called the oommittee on Insuranoe and InsurauceConip-t-nies, which wss agreed to. Mr. Bradbury ofttred a rciolution, pro viding for the printing of a daily oalender, for the use of Senators, oontaining a list of bills for second reading, bills for tblrd reading, and bills in committee of the whole. Adoptd yeas io, nays ia. Mr. Bateman reported from the Printing committee, an amendment to the resolution relative to the great seal of the Btate, whioh was agreed to. , Also, a resolution relative lo printing extra oopies of the Governor's mossege in German and Fngliab, reoommending its indefinite postponement, which was agreed to. i House joint resolution, requesting Ihe Auditor to suspend the distribution of the relief fund until Maroh 1st, I860, was received in a message from tho House, and laid on the table. The President announced the following as the oommitte on Insurance and Insurance Companies: Messrs. Linn, Brooks, Williamson, West, Doan. ' ' Mr, Kellogg moved to take from th table the House resolution rsauesting Ihe Auditor of Stat to suspend tho distribution of the relief fund until th first of March, i-The motion, after dlsoussion by several Benatois, was lost yeas 18, nays 18. The Senate then took a reoess till nine o'olock to-morrow morning. HOVfJB. Thtosdat, Feb. 1, 1868. HOBHUIO SESSION. The session was opened with praver bv rttev. tt m. a. Marshall, after which thi Journal of yesterday was read and ap proved. Petition were presented by Messrs. Bruff, Schneider, McMorran, and Davey, whioh were appropriately referred. Leave being granted for that purpose, air. mover, from the f inance oommittee, reported the following bill, which was read the first time: A BILL To amend section four of an aot passed April oth, 18U6, entitled "an aot for tbe relief of the families of soldiers and ma rines in the State aad United States' ser- vice, and of those who have died or been disabled in such servioe." (0. L. 62, p. 81.) Section 1. Ill It maltd iy tht Qmeral At-Minify if tht Slat of Ohio, That seoiion four or said aot of April 6th, 1866, be so amend ed as to read as follows, to wit : Sectional. That two fifths of the amount ooUected under the provisions of this act. shall be paid into the Stat Treasury to the uicuii. ui iu, otuaiug mnu, ana taa eamo is hereby appropriated to tbe payment of the principal of the publio debt of the State, and one-twentieth of the amount oolleoted under tbe provisions of this act shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of general revenue; and the remainder of the funds oolleoted under the provisions of this aot shall bs apportioned by the Auditor of State to the several oounttes, aooording to the enumeration and returns made to him by tne aeverai oounty auditors, or the necessitous persons in the families of the soldiers and marines of said oouniies, respectively, aud pay over the same to tne oouuty treasurers, at their semi-annual settlements with tho State. Sec. 2, That section four of said aot of April 6th, 1866, be, and the aame is hereby repealed. . . Sec. 8. This aot shall take effeot and be in force from and after its passage. Mr. Nixon moved a suspension or the rules in order that tho bill be read the seaond timo by ito title. The motion elioi-ted considerable discussion, whioh was participated in by Mrssrs. Glover, Follstt, Lookwood, Sawyer, Mctlorran, iNixon, Bloom, Houston and Piatt Tbe House refused to suspend the rules by a vote of yeas, 46; nays, 89 less than three-fourths in favor of suspension. sundry Dills were read the second time and appropriately referred. House bin, to provide tor the revision and consolidation of tne statuus of Ohio, was passed; also, Hons bill, lo enable the Commissioners of Montgomery oounty to puschase a bridge over the Miami river at I! ay ton. Th House took a reoess. AFTERNOON SESSION. House Bill: To amend section twenty-five or an act passed alarchl4, looi), entitled an aot lor tne incorporation or townships was read the third time, and after disoussion re ferred to the Judioiary oommittee. Mr. Levefer, from the oommittee on Mil itary Affairs, reported back Mr. Bloom's House bill to provide a bounty for veteran volunteers who have not heretofore receiv ed a looal bounty, with an amendment ex tending us provisions to oities. The bill as reported baok was ordered to be printed. House bin to amend seotion 1 or the act entitled "an aot making provision for tbe incorporation of Cemetery Associations," parsed Feb. 24, 1848, was passed. House bill regulating the hours of manual labor, and fixing the Bame eight hours a day, was made- Ihe speoiai order for next Thursday at 2 o'clock P. M. House bill to amend section 814 of the. ondn. vm t-mH hii time, ana then laia on tne table. House Jim, To amend tne lota seotion or an aat entitled "An actoonoerning divorce and alimony," paeaed Maroh 16, 1863 ; and also to repeal the 17th seotion thereof, as amended by an act passed April 16, 1857, was read the third time and passed. Mr. Putnam, from seleot committee, re ported the following substitute for Mr. Ea rn s resolution, amending a rule of the House : i . Uixolvid. That the rules of the House be so amended as to incorporate the following as rule 66: G6. All reports of oommittees recommend ing the indefinite postponement of bills shall lie upon the table one day before action is taken thereon, and shall be placed upon tne aany cauenaar, and caned in tne regu lar order of business, immediately after the third reading of bills. Report laid upon the table. The following bills were read the first time: By Mr. Dangler: Supplementary to the aot providing tor the organisation of oities and incorporated villages, and the aot amendatory thereto, passed Maroh 11, 1868, passed Maroh 29, 1864, passed March 28, 1B6-. By Mr. Beer : To amond an aot entitled an aot directing the mode of trial in criminal oases, passed Maroh 7, 1831. jjy Mr. : To prevent County Roouiders from conveyancing. By Mr Rhodes : To exempt oertain per sons therein named from performing labor on the publio highways. Mr. Hibba presented the olaim of W. C. Claypool, which was referred to the committee on Claims. House Bill to incorporate Hotel Compa nies was indefinitely postponed. House Bill supplementary to the act passed March 29, 1866, to punish persons who leave their places of residence for the purpoeo of avoiding oonsoription, was reo-ommended by ihe Judiciary Committee for indefinite postponement, when Mr. Phillips moved that further action be postponed on the bill until nest Thursday, whioh was agreed to, . air. INixon offered a resolution, which wss adopted, oalling on the Auditor of State for certain information. Mr. Nixon offered tbe following resolu tion, which was adopted: liciolvtd, That the Supervisor of the Siale Printing be direoted to inform this House why the report of the select oommttleo or live, appointed under H. R. No. 137, of the last General As-emWy, was not published in fttll lu thi- House Journal of 1866; and altto, where said n port may be fbunl. ' The House then adjourned ttntti a quar-tor before 9 o'olock to-iuorruw morning. An Aalrouo-Mleal Freak. It has been notioed aa an astronomical faot, that in the present month, there are two full moons, in February, there will be none, and in Maroh two. ItoooaBionally happens that there are t wo full moons in one and tbe same month. For as the time between one full moon aud the other one next following, is shorter than than the length of the time of the different months of the year, wilh the exception of tbat of f ebruary, snoh an event must ooeur, as often as a full moon happens to be In the bt ginning of a month, at suoh a moment that there ie time enough left lor the moon to repeat her course of 29 duys, 12 honrs, 44 minutes ai-d 8 ieoonds in the same month; But tbat a certain full moon happens to be in the beginning of a mouth, at suon a moment, that mere is time enough left for the moon to repeat her course of 29 days, 12honrs, 44 minutes aud 3 seconds in the same month. But that a oertain full moon or moons repeat at the aamo moment is a rare occurrence. Tbey will be repeated in the course or time, out never witness' d ft eeoond time, by mortal men. If the time hetween one full moon and th next following wereexactly 29dttys and our year exactly soo days, your phenomena would cocur every 29 years; but as the time from one full moon (o another, Is, aa above stated, 29 days, 12 hours, 44 min utes and 8 seconds, and th length of our year 8(16 days, 4B mtnntea and 4H seoonds, tho exent in question, oan only occur again after 2,661,448 years, and as it will always repeat in tnat time, it must nave nappeneu for the last time 2,661,448 year ago. iom'e- villt Courier. At a recent revival meeting in the West says the Chicago fi'm,prayer was request ed for a young man who "is in Boston, t fS-nn. fln,l Thi. 1. n-Ak&. I rl en-; ' ' - ami. .a iqij ble If the young man ever does find what his friends want him to find, it will only be after he has ohanged his present residence. TELEGRAPHIC. From New York. A Rebel CifdtioraU Pardoued. New Yoxk, Feb. 1, 1665. The Tribune's Washineton soeoial save.' Among those pardoned by the Preeident was uen. J. s. 1'reston, of South Carolina amuajirlln; being; Sauprcaaetl. A highly encouraging- report, from a Col lector oi nevenue ror a district on the Colorado frontier, formerly notorious for smuff. gling, was yesterday reoeived by the Commissioner of Customs. The offioer reports that since the issue of strict orders by the Commissioner for the suppression of smug gling and its enroroement in several oases, there has been a great diminution in contraband traffic The Freedmen In Kentucky and Ten neeeee. A medical report of the Chief Eurgeon of the rreedmens Bureau for Kentucky and Tennessee, was reoeived yeeteiriny by Gen. Howard. It states lhat the destitution and suffering ie far greater amoug ihe white refugees than the rreedmen. the othoer states that medioal dispensaries hare been established m th principal towns of the States mentioned, and at many points the freedmen have formed benevolent aooteties for the relief of the snfforing among the colored people, by levying a per capita tax on all able-bodied adult freedmen. Uiaud Ball br tbe vita Beglmeut or new aorta. The grand soiree and ball of the Seventh Regiment, which took plaoe last night at the Aoademy or Muste, was a moat brilliaut af fair. An oration by uen. Dix opened the evening's entertainment and dancing was Kept up till an early hour ibis morning. An Artillery Board. Lieut. Gen. Grant hag Issued an order announcing the organisation of a perman ent Artillery Board, to whioh questions re lating to the artillery service may be re- furred by the Seoretury of War or theGeneral-in-Chief aud which may also originate rtioommenuattons inregara to the enioiency or interests of the artillery servioe. The following named otlioers oompoee the board: Brevet ling. Gen. H. J. Hun, Lieut. uoionei of the 3d Artillery; Brevet Colonel Albion P. Howe, Major of the 4th Artillery; Capt. John Gibbon, 4th Artillery; and Brevet Lieut. Colonel S. N. Benjamin, Cap, tain oi tne u Aartiiiery. Hetiirntntr from Ihe War. The Twentieth New York State Militia Regiment, numbering 660 ofijoers aud men, under command of Brevet Urig.-Gen Jacob Hardenberg, whioh arrived in this oity from Richmond, Va., last livening, prooeeded to Hart's Inland, where tbey will be paid off and receive their final discharge. Thi is the lust Infantry Regiment of the Army of the Potomac Qeneral lu JoiiaultaLlou over tlio Ar my lilll. The Times' Washington special ears: Lieut.-Gea. Grant and Mitj.-Ueneruhi Sher man, Thomas aud Meade are in regular Beeelou at the headquarters of the former. over the army bill. They meot earlier than Congress and sit about as long, and the result of their deliberation will soon ho laid before the Military committee of the Senate. Senator Wilson is uhairmanof that oommittee and confers with Ihem, and it is proba ble that a bill will be framed by them em bodying their joint conclusions. Uen. Urant desired the views of hia able Lieutenants ou miio iui.uii.ai buljcui, ana nu uiurefore Bunimoned them. Uen. Sheridan wouid al- so have been oalled but for the exigencies of eervioe in the South-west. He has not bBen Sent for and is not expeoted, aU re ports to the contrary notwithstanding. Xbe Wter Iu Mexleo steported Defeat of tlie I.lleris. The Herald's Havana correspondent, dating Jan. 27, gives an aocount of Ihe defeat, by Imperial General Prieto, In the State of Tiihnantepec, of a Ropablican force of 2000 under General Figuro, with a lone to ihe latter of 100 killed, the Imperialists claiming to have had only seven killed and wounded. The state of siego at Tuinpieo had been declared removed by Marshal Basaire. lloporta of anticipated obanges in Maxi milian's movements prevailed. Tbe Hcpublican Uenersl rarruro Disss remained with his foroes in the State of Ojacoa Tbe slave Trade In Cuba Two Car Load or Alrietana lfuded on tbe laiuud. The Herald's Havana correspondent re ports tbe arrival of two oargoes of AricahB on the Island within a short time. Aatellns; ot Colored People lu Coo er List evening, at Cooper Institute, the col ored men and women of New York and vl-oinity assembled to ratify the amendmeptof the Constitution prohibiting slavery in the United Stales. Geo. S. Smith, the ohair- man, explained Ihe objeot of the meeting, and introduced Patrick S. Reason, who read Secretary Sewards's proclamation declaring that an amendment touohing slavery had virtually beoome a part of the Constitution of the Uuited rttatee. Rev. Sella Martin, Fred Douglass and others ad dressed the assembly. Toe World s Washington speoiai says that the question of taxing the Saviors Banks will be decided in tho Supreme Court this week. If the Court deoide that the tax is lawful, according lo the decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, then these institutions will ask for a special law exempting them from suoh tax. Kallroad Bugg-aitta Car Destroyed by Flro. On Tuesday night -aa the six o'olock night express train from Jersey City, on he new l orn a trie ittilaoJ, was near Laokawaxen, on tho Belaware Division, a lire was discovered in tbe baggage oar of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad. The train was stopped aa soon as possible and every effort was made to extinguish the n-tuies, but they had guiued suoh headway tha the exertions to Bubdue them were un-s.iOiiessT'ul. Tne oar and oontents, oouaisi- of 76 pieces of valuable baggage and two iron safes belonging to tbe United Slates Express Company, were destroyed. ibe couteuls of tbe Bates oonsisted of mouet and papt-rs roporied to have been valued at '.bout 200,OUO, and as the safes were not ri'e-proof the oontentB are supposed to have been entirely destroyed. Cluklnaula for tbe Reward OITorod for iheCaploreol tbo A.aatwlnel. The Tribune's Washington special says the ttttement having been made that tbo distribution of awartis to the captors f the assassination conspirators wou.d be made yesterdny, has drawn a rrgiment of claimants to Washington, eich of whom fa an anx ous expeoit.nl. The list of awards ie sun in tbe hands of the war Department, while hundreds of those justly entitled to them remain here week after week, exhausting the resources of their limited purses by reason of oxorbitant bills. Foreign News- Arrival of tbe Africa Commercial Rlattere. Halivax, Feb. 1. Tbe steamship Africa, from Liverpool the 2'Jd, via Qtteeustowu tho 21sl nit., arrived bere at noon, ner dales are three days Is i or. Tbe Liverpool ootton market opened heavy and deollned Jd, but subsequently rallied and reoovered the deolln on middling. sales ot tne weex bf,uuu bales. Brendstuffs quiet but steady, except oorn, which showed a declining tendency. rrovisions quiet ana sieaay. Bullion in the Bank of England increased 141,000 Tbe Paris PreBse asserts that the Emperor Nspoleon has lent a meesengor to Mexico to arrange for the speedy return of the French troops. 1 ' Aotive search is still going on in Ireland for the Head Center, Stevens. RSEDICAL. ' qMEBJOAW. REMEDKE.' Known A I 3r--EACTT7XZirBJ ' ' HIEPABATIOM mOULt 00 Jl CMXTBA TBI qOatroOHD ' ?LUIbXTEAOTBi70Hl7, A Fositiv & Speoiflo Remedy for aAulUifllX, HlUBiAlVM, BKAV KL. Alt At l-AtrOPblCAA, MWt&LLlBIttBtV Tula atcdlcluo Incre-eaee tbe wwr af TH tin . ' aod ezotti-a tbe. Alig0iiBEIST8 iuto healthy action "I -'"-- - - . f VB LJlM,Bfll!r 00tWltUtl and all VKSATViAL UnLAhOlUEalbinn daoed. en well ne pan. and Inflammation, and la aooal ' lor MEN, WOMMH, and QHILDBMB. HZLMDOLD'S JBZXB1CT BflGHtt ' ItB WSAKVMHSHa Lrtx.k.ff fi-yu) Exoa, Habit of BlsaJ, "B, AIM4JUM)JTt)UOB OT AODMt, TTAMOW WITH THI FOLLOWIMO BYMP. .ud,flptfcit.o& to .OxerolM, Lorn ot Fow, ' Lot of ttumof?. Difficulty of Bmthlac. vi dtk aervta, Trembling, 3orror of Dun. we, Whvkt.ra.Dv.. Oinmvw of Vltioo, PuId in tlie Buck, Biuvir$&lhn.ltQ&Qttixt1tliMtiat ot tbm Bud, MaHibiar SjYHtoiu, Eraptlon on tbs Vac), aot Ubicdtt, .Pftitd OoaatauftntM. Dry co of tbe Skin, TtatMaLUphu, ItftUow-Ml to go on, whieb thii medicioe .Dfttriably nuuVM, coon follow lAlPOTJtNOK, IfA'XDITI, liPILiFTlO JIT3, lu ouo of whlcb tba pt.ent mty axplre. Wbo md ny thtvt tbbj mn mat trjaDtl7 followed by Saota 'diitttul dtiieeVitwlM JTNSAMTT AIM CUSi&VMVklOSil Msry Are iwm of tbo Ok dm of their ntfutBg bat noun will oodmu. Th rooordi or tbe Innnt Aayluma and tbe meUncboly dmthi bjr Oodbooiu Hon, bt&r unple wltum to tbe truth of tbo tWKr Hon. 1 ! 'praHHYBA MKVO0 S LIM. aKe08.itV SU)HO K0ULUU8U00 KBl lUuiri tne aid of ttedicttM to itnDthea Md ln olgai-Hte tbe fftt6tu, which UULMBGLD'i IX-THAOt BOCHU it.rribw aa. A trUlwl.1 aw. T'nce tbo Aoot keptioL mi . l"oinht)i, Females, Femelet, ' LO OB IOUSU, blNQI.I, BABH1K1I, OB OOS TKMPLAT1). ktABBlAOS. . . ' i iu laanv afleotloue IMoaltai to Vomate. tb. Ct. traot nucha 1. unequalled by any otber remedy, aa io uniuiuew ui mkuuud, irreguiamy, reinromft-k, er boifureeeion ol the Caetomary Kvacsatione, 01 4erated or tlcbirroue etateof tbe Uterne, Leucd-ruea, or W bita, bteriiity, aod for aU complaints incidon io tne eex, wu.tb.r arlelng from indiscretion, Habits if Die-gnatlon, or in tn. DKtXI&E OK CnAHOK Of WtH. su srMnoHs abovb. NO 7AMLLT SHOULD BE WITHOUT II. aAe no fialeatu, Mercnrt, UnpieaMot Medlolte air Uupletiaant ana Dangeroae Piseoew. BTJtBOLD'S JiiTKACT. BUOHli - CURES In lltbetr slatted, at Lttle jiineOM, UtU. or; no ASJO WO EXPOsiJBE. It c ft ate treiueat dtMlrt, end tfib itrtiigth t OrlDtiie, thereby retnovitig obatnictloDii, prevention md CiiiiDg Strictnru. of the Urethrm, tUUiylag pail tod Irjf.ftiumtt.iuli. o frbijneijt In thit cIavu o) dta wn, And cxpvlliug P0I60NQU8, DlfiEAtil. J A' J WOUt OVT UATTHU, j ThouMada ohu TbouModi WBO EA VS BEEN TBE VICTIMS OJt QDACBIS, Aad vbo have pftM KIeattTku to be cured la m bort time, hte ium-d they wvre deceived, end that be "Poisou" biaH, lv tLu txtwof "Poworlul Antrin .jrmtV btttn drltod lu tbe ejuoit to break out la AA vravtvlod term-, aud JrfcRHAIb AFT Eii MAItELAtfJt Reiiaboid's Extract Bucha JOI All AOeOtlOIU AL-d I)iMMiJt OX lilt: UttUiAltY ORGAXtj, i Ktunbor suiting tn MALI OB FXMALX, from . ethatoTec came originating, and BO uallw Of llow Loutf Muufllugl IftaosuM. of tNe Ortr-ai roqnlre tlu a id of a Dlaretlo mmiwuM iaiiiiT buchsj , u Tiia ohiat Dumsrio, ., iou It la oenaia to have tne dealrod efioct In alt U earn for which it U xaoouuMltdea. a bLtfyy. VL'jmi blood. m. Uelmbold't Highly Ootmntrmfd Oomtonnd " Fluid Exiracrbarsaparilltii. isa-E-xar-TXAi. Tbii ! An ftitixtieii ot tbe bicud, and attache tat ?cxnu) Orpar-i. Llningtot Ibe Hoeo, Ian, Ihroat, Wlni'V-pe, ttud other Uacueiiriacee, mekms lta ap I'MiatsCiB- ibf icrtnot Clcet". Belmlold'i Iztraat jareaparillA j-unfloe tbe blood, and renove aliotiior HUAltomof the -kin, giving to the oomplesloii A jltiur And healthy oolor. It being prepAred expreie. f -nr tksfci ulut of aotnoialnti. IU b.oo4-nnriff las Drop orttee tare preierved to a grimier extent thAD aaj ot m , r prAtiaration oi oanapaniia Eeimbold's Hoed Waah. An e.vollnt Lotion for Dleeate of ft ByphHlo H. tnre, And as rn injection In IMeeaaee of the Urinary Organ, anorng Iron, faablte or diwlpattan, and In ootiiidttitm with the kxticte Bochn and BanapAtil la In encli distsnKJ ae recommended. , Cvidunce of thb iumt reepanetbleand reliAblecltAr over will eoooravAnjj tbe medicine. fntliibf to iwou.y tn unding, with Bene) inowb to Vf.lKSQE ASD FAMZ. ,t. r-r-dical properlietof 9l70HUt Me IMepeom ot at h thiltod States. ' Proie-eoi DFVS' Tel re. We workf on the Prc4o oi lfhyilc. ficti iruinariiB made by tbe laMoeworotaw'. Dr. FPrth t e.-!brid Pi.yeicieii, iiid Wmlwi ol the Koyal Hillfge of 8orgt,tin( Lrt-Iaod, and pablihtd in to Tiauanctionj of (he Kin and (jneen't Jon real. MoJico-Clrurgical lieview, published by BBS- M-MIW TilA VJCtte. Follow of the Boyal OoHoge ot , t&i?0fft of the lAte tin del d work on Medicine. extract Sucua... 1 00 per bottle, or ill Tor f ft 00 SarfAVArfllA 1 00 6 00 Uoprov'd Bo Wh M Sm fr feialt a dofcn of oaoh for lis, whioh will bits am. rivni t euro the most obstinate oaea, U dlrcotl one ; wn adherfd lo- D'trabte to any AddraxS), securely peeked from .b,riition. gDewilh symptoms ia all ootiiJ&Qi.catloQ OiintA eiiaranleed. Adrioe gratia, : It . ; AFF11IATIX. r..nail i eupffared before iao, an Ai4e;-mn al ' tuetllyoi rouaucipiiia. n. T. noimoold, WO?, lu,! duff iworn, ootb aa, his tireparatloa. ooutala . i.r.t .iv Durely vegetable. , vi vuie. uuurtoua oragB. a. x. aaifAutuifU. Sworn auu niucnut oeiora me, sole aao day, .-laiealwr, ISM. W. r. HIBBAHI), Alderman, oTI&tb ft., a bo to fiat, Waeb. iAdloe. letters io. utfotmatlou to K. t. HILMUCLll, Cbeml.t. ! PRlKCJVAA, OK POT Uslmtiuid', Drug and Chela leal Warahoaae, Broadway. tw York; , , Or, Uelmbold's Modloal Depot, oata nta ' Urcet, PhiladeisblB, BZWABJS Ot OOVNTX&FBlTt , J . u.1 unprincipled dealer., who tmaeator 0 depot o ' ('off 'nlKlBOWM" and "othr" articles oaths rap. .. ,totb-a atiaioed by uu,n.i.,l.t,a O.noine rreoaratlnni 1 ti 14 nxtraot Bnohn, ii " M eareaparllla. ii . u . Improved Boas Wish- gold by all Iroggtie ererywnwa. i . j . Alt iOMBMLftOLr.-B-TAAt :.0 VTI IB. ... O-it oat th. adrtuM4-ut, and Mod for It aad. AVOli lMl'Otil't H'b! t.U CXPUHIIBI. la.. BUBKkTc A IX)., Wholesale Are-tl, Ho; H llcrtb Hub street Bolovtboo, Onto, wtU inr-Bly 1 the lt4. etllanotaoinrers prtoeo. ao! 7 -dotaweew